Rebecca Landell

  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Viola da Gamba and Baroque Cello

Areas of Study

Education

  • BM, Oberlin Conservatory
  • MM, Rice University

Biography

Cellist and gambist Rebecca Landell '11 enjoys a vibrant performing career as a soloist and chamber musician, regularly collaborating with Apollo’s Fire, Les Délices, the Crumhorn Collective, and in experimental programs with a variety of artists. As a teacher, she is dedicated to holistic music education that draws upon her varied musical experiences.

Landell was classically trained on cello with Darrett Adkins '91 and explored historical performance practice on Baroque cello and viola da gamba with Catherina Meints. Inspired to broaden her expressive range, she incorporated classes in acting and education while completing her master’s degree with Norman Fischer '71 at Rice University. She later moved to Holland to work with Steuart Pincombe '09, creating innovative programs in unusual performance venues.

Landell pursues a varied professional career that has included performing and acting in Studio Theatre’s An Iliad, developing educational programs with Debra Nagy for “Early Music Explorations,” developing educational programs with the Crumhorn Collective, and creating unique artistic combinations with artists like filmmaker Mathias Reed and poet Derek Gromadzki. Her solo appearances on cello and viola da gamba include performances with Apollo’s Fire, Atlanta Baroque Orchestra, Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Three Notch’d Road, and Batzdorfer Hofkapelle. She can be heard on the Grammy Award-winning recording Songs of Orpheus by Apollo's Fire.

 

Fall 2024

Principal Private Study - Baroque Cello — PVST 021
Principal Private Study - Gamba — PVST 022
Secondary Private Study - Cello — PVST 056
Secondary Private Study - Baroque Cello — PVST 071
Secondary Private Study - Gamba — PVST 072
Baroque Cello for Cellists — APST 245
Viola da Gamba Consort — APST 841
Baroque Ensemble — APST 843

Spring 2025

Principal Private Study - Baroque Cello — PVST 021
Principal Private Study - Gamba — PVST 022
Secondary Private Study - Cello — PVST 056
Secondary Private Study - Baroque Cello — PVST 071
Secondary Private Study - Gamba — PVST 072
Continuo Playing for Cello and Bass — APST 246
Viola da Gamba Consort — APST 841
Baroque Ensemble — APST 843

News

Semester Ends with a Packed Performance Calendar

December 8, 2023

Oberlin Conservatory’s student and faculty performers have been filling most concert venues throughout the campus over the last week. During these final five bustling days before students head into reading period and then exams, this explosion of activity feels something akin to the thrilling finale of a fireworks display on New Year's Eve. So, join in—even from a distance. All of these concerts are free and open to the public, and all but one of them can be streamed live at concert time at oberlin.edu/livestream .

2022 Winter Term Recap

March 11, 2022

More than 2,290 students explored projects and research opportunities outside of their normal course of study during Winter Term. In this wrap-up gallery we look back at some of the group projects students performed.