About Rebecca

Rebecca Quigley lives in Cortlandt Manor, New York, and established her private music studio in 2001. She has served as Choral Director and General Music Teacher at Peekskill Middle School since 2024, where she conducts the 6th Grade Chorus, the 7th/8th Grade Chorus, and Select Chorus ensembles. Rebecca is a certified NYSSMA Adjudicator, and her students regularly participate in the WCSMA All County and NYSSMA festivals.

Rebecca has performed with Collegium Westchester, Taconic Opera, the Conductor’s Institute at Bard College, The Riverside Orchestra, Croton Chorale and Chamber Orchestra, Cortlandt Chamber Orchestra, taught at the Skidmore Summer Flute Institute, and served on the Executive Board of Orchestra 914 (formerly The Chappaqua Orchestra) from 2019-2023. In addition to her private studio, Rebecca has served as a faculty member at the Music Conservatory of Westchester (2021-2024) and the Bennett Conservatory of Music (since 2022).  She is a founding member of Northern Westchester Flutes, Senasqua Winds, and Tapestry Chamber Music Ensemble. Rebecca has studied the shakuhachi, or Japanese bamboo flute, under the instruction of Chappaqua native Ralph Samuelson. Rebecca was an Adjunct Instructor of Music at Concordia College from 2015 until their closure in 2020.  She served as the Webmaster and Corporate Sponsor Liaison for seven years at the New York Flute Club, and was a member of the editorial advisory board for The Flutist Quarterly for four years, the publication of the National Flute Association. Rebecca is the author of Planning the Music for Your Wedding, published by Cherry Lane Music. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Skidmore College, with a major in Music, and received her Masters in Music from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her primary teachers include Frances Drinker, Alexander Murray, and Jan Vinci.