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Rebecca Sabine, B.A., CMT-P

Composer/Celebrity Violinist

IMTA Certified Mindfulness Teacher

Reiki Master

Wellness Guest Artist

Education

2023-present Pacifica Graduate Institute, M.A. Depth Psychology and Creativity with Emphasis in the Arts and Humanities

(expected graduation 2025)

Spring 2023 Harvard Extension School, “Birds in Religion and Mythology” (A)
2019 - 2022: Oregon State University, Liberal Arts, B.A., 2022

Plan of Study “Music and the Contemplative Arts”
GPA 3.96
Notation: Undergraduate Research Fellow

Honors, Awards & Grants

2022 Outstanding Senior of 2022. College of Liberal Arts. Oregon State University
2022 Phi Kappa Phi
2019 Ford Musician Impact Award, League of American Orchestras
Grant for the outdoor filming of Violin Sound Sanctuary® meditation YouTube videos

Publications

2022 “Songs of the Desert Wind: A Musical Improvisation and Meditation Performance."Journal of Performance and Mindfulness .

Volume 5. Issue 1. Contemplation, Performing Arts and Coexistence. 2022.
A performance score outlining one of my guided group meditations with live, improvisational music. Field recordings of natural environments are included, simulating mindful listening as a way to raise environmental awareness. 
2022 “A Violinist/Composer’s Chronicle: Weaving Together the Sonic Connections.” Journal of the International Alliance of Women in Music. Volume 28, no.4

Conference Presentations & Invited Lectures

2024 JSSS Conference: Theory to Action: Taking Jungian Ideas into the World (upcoming 6/13-6/16)
Albuquerque, NM

2023 Soundbox 6, Oregon State University. Artist in Residence. 5/22-5/26//23
School of Visual, Performing and Design Arts

2022 American Cancer Society- Microsoft Teams Meeting
Violin Sound Sanctuary® livestream meditation
2019 ISPA (International Spa Association) Conference, Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas
Guided Musical Meditation for General Assembly

2021 Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Violin Sound Sanctuary® livestream meditation
2019 Sedona Yoga Festival, meditation presenter

Certifications

2021 CMT-P International Mindfulness Teachers Association (IMTA)
2019 Reiki Master Usui tradition of natural healing

Wellness Guest Artist Presentations

2016-present Trilogy Spa Holdings, Well & Being Spas International, Las Vegas, NV.

Meditation instructor on the wellness team, presenting bi-monthly meditative Violin Sound Journeys.

2022-2023 Red Rock Audubon Society. Las Vegas, NV.

Original outdoor presentation: “Music, Meditation, and Bird Song.”
2017-2020 Stillpoint Center for Spiritual Development, Las Vegas, NV

Bi-monthly Violin Sound Sanctuary® group meditations

2019 Lotus Leadership Retreat, Sundance UT

On- site faculty meditation leader

Solo Meditation Music Concert Performances

2024 Meditation in Concert. Windmill Library Auditorium. Las Vegas, Nevada. 3/17/24

2023 Noon Concert in Memorial Hall, OSU. 5/27/23

2022. Meditation in Concert. Windmill Library Auditorium. Las Vegas, Nevada.
2019 Meditation in Concert. Winchester Community Center. Las Vegas, Nevada

Online Teaching Presence

Violin Sound Sanctuary ® LLC (founder)
I established my Violin Sound Sanctuary ® LLC as part of my mission to provide group meditation events that focus on mindfully and collectively attuning to ourselves and to the environment.

Violin Sound Sanctuary Youtube Channel
During the pandemic, I worked with composer Aaron Ramsey (my talented son) to create a library of harmonic therapy arts and meditation videos on youtube.

InsightTimer
A teacher/publisher on the worldwide Insight Timer meditation app, I have uploaded meditation music recordings which have received 50,000+ listens. In addition, I present livestream violin sound meditation sessions from my home studio each month for this online community. I schedule these meditations to coincide with the yearly solstices and equinoxes, honoring the ancient and sacred celebrations that have marked these celestial events.

Mindfulness Training

2022 In Body Academy, Salt Lake City UT.
200 hr Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training

2019-18 Last Resort Retreat Center. Cedar City, UT
Vipassana Retreats/ 5 day silent retreat/ Teacher: Pujari
2017 Spirit Rock Insight Meditation Center, Woodacre, CA
Winter Solstice Silent Retreat

UCLA Online Mindful Awareness Research Center

2018 MAPs II: Difficult Emotions
2017 MAPs ll Next Steps
2014 MAPs l

On-Stage Performances with Major Celebrities

As a professional violinist, I enjoy playing music of all kinds. I am honored to have performed as concertmaster and orchestra contractor with some of the greatest names in show business. Listed below are some of my recent engagements in the music industry along with my most treasured performance highlights.

Adele

Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas (2022-present)

Celine Dion Orchestra

Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas (2011-2019)

Andrea Bocelli

MGM Grand Garden appearances (2015-present)
Orchestra Contractor (60 pc. orchestra) for Las Vegas concerts
in concert - Hollywood Bowl with members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic (2018-19)
Orchestra on tour- Palm Springs, CA, Phoenix AZ, Anaheim CA
DVD- Concertmaster for Under a Desert Sky with Bocelli and David Foster

Pavarotti

Farewell Tour (2004) - Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas
Concertmaster
Orchestra contractor (60 pc. orchestra)

Hugh Jackman

MGM Grand Garden (2019)
Concertmaster
Orchestra contractor

Frank Sinatra

Golden Nugget, Las Vegas (1984-1986)
Concertmaster
West Coast and Hawaii tours

Johnny Mathis

The Smith Center, Caesar’s Palace Las Vegas
Concertmaster (1985-2021)

Game of Thrones Concert

MGM Grand Garden Arena (2017)
Orchestra contractor
Concertmaster

Weird Al Yankovic

The Smith Center (2019)
Concertmaster
Orchestra Contractor (41 pc. orchestra)

Van Morrison

Violin soloist on West Coast tour (2010)

Performances on LIVE Network Television

Academy of Country Music Awards-CBS

Thomas Rhett (2018 winner)
1st violin with my string quartet

Latin Grammys-CBS

Ruben Blades (winner 2014, best tango album)
1st violin with my string quartet

Sinatra 100 CBS All-Star Grammy Concert

Concertmaster - (Tony Bennett, Harry Connick Jr., Celine Dion, Quincy Jones, Alicia Keys, Lady Gaga, John Legend, Seth MacFarlane, Carrie Underwood)

American Idol-FOX

Orchestra member- at the Kodak Theater (2004)

Billboard Awards-NBC

Metallica (1999)
Orchestra-Las Vegas contractor

Recordings (original music collaborations)

Rebecca Sabine/Aaron Ramsey

Violin/Noir (2020-2021)

silent movie scores for Kino Lorber

Sea of Light Meditation Music Album (2016)

Pandora Internet Radio
Insight Timer Meditation App with over 50K listens

Classical Music Performance

Las Vegas Philharmonic (2004-present)

Violin 1

Oregon Coast Music Festival (2017-present)

Violin 1

Zirna Piano Trio

performing the music of women composers