Rebecca Shasberger

Praised for the “maturity and sensitivity” of her playing (Casa Magazine), Cleveland-based cellist Rebecca Shasberger is passionate about loving people and pursuing justice through music. To this end she founded Renovare Music in 2018, a 501(c)3 nonprofit that bridges divided communities and creates restorative experiences through music, storytelling, and relationships. Renovare performs over 80 concerts and events annually, teaches strings weekly in two prisons, and co-creates Documentary Songs with marginalized members of the community. Rebecca has presented solo performances and concerti with orchestras from California to New York, in Canada, China, and across Europe. Her chamber music performances have taken her across the United States and Canada and have been broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Rebecca has served as Visiting Instructor at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and has been on faculty at programs including Credo Chamber Music and the Westmont Academy for Young Artists. She completed her Masters in Cello Performance and Suzuki Pedagogy at the Cleveland Institute of Music in the studio of Sharon Robinson and her Bachelors in Music with a minor in Religious Studies at Westmont College. Rebecca loves exploring Cleveland, drinking tea, reading, hiking, and is obsessed with Lindy Hop (swing dancing).