REBECCA EDMISTON
PIANIST & EDUCATOR
Rebecca Edmiston is a pianist dedicated to collaboration, pedagogy, and community engagement. For the 2024-2025 season, she is touring with Tim Zimmerman and The King's Brass as their pianist/organist. Recently, she has been invited to perform at Scheherazade Music Festival (Manhattan, Kansas) and Music On Site, Inc. (Wichita, Kansas). She has also worked as a collaborative pianist at Interlochen Center for the Arts (Michigan) and received training at Emerald Coast Chamber Music Festival and The Collaborative Piano Institute.
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A committed educator, Rebecca is a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music with Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) and currently maintains a private piano studio at Thomasville Road Academy of the Arts in Tallahassee, FL. She has also been an instructor at Levine School of Music’s summer camps in Washington, D.C. As a board member of MTNA collegiate chapters, she has initiated and directed community engagement events, such as the Young Collaborative Pianists Workshop at FSU. She has given presentations at the MTNA National Conference and National Collegiate Pedagogy Symposium.
As a graduate assistant and doctoral student in collaborative piano at Florida State University (FSU), Rebecca has enjoyed numerous opportunities performing in recitals and working as a rehearsal pianist for mainstage opera productions. She earned a Master of Music in collaborative piano at FSU and Bachelor of Music degrees in piano performance and choral music education at Liberty University. Her teachers have included Valerie Trujillo, Timothy Hoekman, Tad Hardin, and Lenny Seidel. In 2023, she released two EP recordings of Lenny Seidel's sacred piano arrangements which can be found on all digital streaming platforms.