About Rebecca Sabine
Rebecca Sabine is a composer, recording artist, mindfulness meditation guide, and violinist with the Las Vegas Philharmonic. She has played professionally for Adele, Andrea Bocelli, Lady Gaga, and many other superstars, past and present, including an 8-year residency at Caesar’s Palace with Celine Dion. As a composer and improviser, Rebecca draws inspiration from the imagery and symbolism of nature. In 2020, she received a Ford Musician Impact Fund award through the League of American Orchestras to support the outdoor filming of meditation videos for her Violin Sound Sanctuary ® youtube channel. Often collaborating with her son, composer/producer Aaron Ramsey, they have written and recorded several silent film scores released on DVD by Kino Lorber. Their Sea of Light album of meditation music is streaming on Pandora, Spotify, and the Insight Timer meditation app with over 32K listens. A breast cancer survivor, she makes time to share her gifts of music with cancer support groups. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Oregon State University with a focus Music and the Contemplative Arts and is a member of Phi Kappa Phi.
Artist Statement
my music always begins in nature...
Pine Creek Canyon is a comforting place...
The trail begins by descending right away on an incline that leads deep into a wide valley. As if nestling down into Mother Earth, the giant red cliffs surrounding you like welcoming arms.
As I approach the canyon, I take in the sight of those fiery red pinnacles of stone that silhouette against the bright sky. If I did not have the gift of sight, how would I perceive this land, this environment? My ears would tell me. Like a pipe organ towering above an orchestra, the natural sounds of the canyon environment reverberate from the surrounding walls, creating an “organic” chamber of music immersing myself into the tones and timbres of the natural world, I can hear a bird that is far away as if it is sitting on my shoulder. The high whine of insects from afar. The buzzing of a fly darting around me, investigating the appearance of this new being entering the scene. The wind chitters through the winter’s dry leaves not yet fallen.
It is early spring. I breathe in the fresh air of the canyon and the canyon breathes me. Textures abound. The sun illuminates the spikes of the cacti that I carefully avoid touching as I walk along the trail. The heat of the sun’s rays brings forth perspiration from my body which merges with into the air of the canyon. Perhaps I am giving a small gift of precious moisture to the buds of wildflowers that are about to blossom in the coming weeks. It is good to think that we humans can somehow leave our imprint in a beneficial way.
