Rebecca Cochran, flute
Rebecca Cochran has enjoyed a multi-faceted career as a chamber and orchestral musician, educator and arts marketing professional. She has performed extensively as a chamber musician throughout the U.S. including appearances in Boston, Chicago, Honolulu, Vermont, North Carolina, Florida and Washington, D.C. While residing in Boston, she held the position of principal flute in the Friends of Music Society, Longwood Orchestra, New England Philharmonic and Longy Chamber Orchestra.
She has performed at the Brandeis Summer Music Festival, the Music Mountain Summer Festival, and at the Alba Music Festival in Alba, Italy. Since 2015, Rebecca has performed as part of Bach in the Subways, an international movement to sow the seeds for future generations of classical music lovers. In 2019, she was selected to play principal flute in NC Summer Opera's production of Mozart's "Don Giovanni."
Rebecca also enjoys playing Latin, tango, jazz and Celtic music. She performs regularly with Mistura, a Latin band based in NC. In 2020, she traveled to Havana, Cuba to study and play Cuban jazz. In 2023, she traveled to Rio de Janeiro to study and perform traditional Brazilian music.
A native of Florida, she earned a Bachelor of Music degree at the University of South Florida under the tutelage of Martha Rearick. Later, she studied with French flutist, pianist and composer, Louis Moyse and, for many years, managed his masterclasses throughout the U.S. and France. She was a key organizer of the Louis Moyse Centennial Concert in Saint-Amour, France in 2012, performing in a commemorative concert of his original compositions. Read more about the Louis Moyse Centennial Concert here.
Rebecca is the curator of the Louis Moyse compositional archives. Learn more here.
She has performed at the Brandeis Summer Music Festival, the Music Mountain Summer Festival, and at the Alba Music Festival in Alba, Italy. Since 2015, Rebecca has performed as part of Bach in the Subways, an international movement to sow the seeds for future generations of classical music lovers. In 2019, she was selected to play principal flute in NC Summer Opera's production of Mozart's "Don Giovanni."
Rebecca also enjoys playing Latin, tango, jazz and Celtic music. She performs regularly with Mistura, a Latin band based in NC. In 2020, she traveled to Havana, Cuba to study and play Cuban jazz. In 2023, she traveled to Rio de Janeiro to study and perform traditional Brazilian music.
A native of Florida, she earned a Bachelor of Music degree at the University of South Florida under the tutelage of Martha Rearick. Later, she studied with French flutist, pianist and composer, Louis Moyse and, for many years, managed his masterclasses throughout the U.S. and France. She was a key organizer of the Louis Moyse Centennial Concert in Saint-Amour, France in 2012, performing in a commemorative concert of his original compositions. Read more about the Louis Moyse Centennial Concert here.
Rebecca is the curator of the Louis Moyse compositional archives. Learn more here.