Rebecca Ansel

Violin Artist

Violinist Rebecca Ansel earned her BM from Rice University and her MM and DMA from the University of Michigan, where she served as a teaching assistant for five years. Her primary teachers were Kathleen Winkler and Paul Kantor. Her summers have been spent at numerous music festivals including Aspen, Bowdoin, Music Academy of the West, Brandeis and Taos, where she had the opportunity to work with the American, Brentano, Takacs, Chicago and Lydian string quartets. Dr. Ansel previously taught at Ohio State University, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, the Rocky Mountain Summer Conservatory and The Adriatic Chamber Music Festival. She is currently Assistant Professor of Violin at Ithaca College, where she is also a member of the Ariadne String Quartet. Additionally, she is on the faculty of the NYASTA String Institute at Ithaca College. Dr. Ansel is an active recitalist and has performed with many ensembles in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the Iris Chamber Orchestra in Memphis, Tennessee, Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra and the Columbus Bach Ensemble in Ohio, and the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, New York Early Music Ensemble and Ensemble X in Ithaca, New York.