Rebecca Olason, hornist and educator, is passionate about music both as a tradition and as a living art form. They were a founding member of Sound of Late, a contemporary ensemble based in the Portland and Seattle area that premiered more than forty works by American composers throughout Oregon and Washington and at residencies with Boise State University and the Oregon Bach Festival Composer's Symposium. They also freelance with various orchestras in the Pacific Northwest.
As an avid and passionate teacher, Rebecca teaches horn, music theory, aural skills, and keyboard skills at Clackamas Community College. They presented a lecture on the transcription of George Crumb's “An Idyll for the Misbegotten” by Robert Patterson at the 2015 Northwest Horn Symposium.
Rebecca has a bachelor's degree Summa Cum Laude from the University of Oregon and a masters degree from the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University both in Horn Performance. They studied with Lydia Van Dreel and Denise Tryon.