Rebecca Hasquet is an active soloist, chorister, and instructor in Southern California. She joined Pacific Chorale as a staff singer in 2018 and currently sits as the soprano section leader of the ensemble. Rebecca also holds the soprano choral lead position of the sanctuary choir at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church of Newport Beach. Her previous choral activities include Meistersingers in Orange, the Santa Clarita Master Chorale, the Chamber Choir at College of the Canyons, and the Summer Festival Choir at Idyllwild Arts Academy. Rebecca’s solo performance roles include Mozart’s Don Giovanni (Donna Elvira) and Le nozze di Figaro (Marcellina), Puccini’s La Rondine (Magda de Civry), Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier (The Marschallin), and Mozart’s Requiem. Rebecca also provides vocal coaching and writes commissioned music arrangements and transcriptions. In December 2018, she became the co-owner of By The Porchlights, a traveling venue for up-and-coming artists presenting acoustic pop-up shows and live recording sessions on porches and other outdoor spaces in Southern California. Rebecca holds a bachelor’s degree in vocal performance from the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at California State University, Long Beach, where she studied with Brian Farrell and served as the soprano section leader of the Chamber Choir under the direction of Dr. Jonathan Talberg.