Rebecca Johnson recently joined the music department at Eastern as Instructor of Flute.  She is currently a doctoral candidate in flute
performance at the University of Illinois, where she was a University Fellow over the past year.  She also holds degrees from the University of Louisville, the Royal Northern College of Music, and the University of Northern Iowa.  In addition to the Postgraduate Diploma in Performance she earned while at the Royal Northern, she was awarded the< prestigious Professional Performance Diploma as a part of Ensemble 23.2, and international woodwind quintet. Rebecca's teachers have included Jonathan Keeble, Kathleen Karr, Donald Gottlieb, Peter Lloyd, Liisa Ruoho, Angeleita Floyd and Dianne Aboud.   An active member of the musical community, Ms. Johnson is the second flutist of the chamber orchestra Sinfonia da Camera.  She is also Assistant Program Chair for the National Flute Association's 2008
convention, which will be held in Kansas City, Missouri.  This past summer, she had the honor of appearing as a finalist in two of the National Flute Association's competitions at its convention in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  
Ms. Johnson is a past Rotary International Ambassadorial scholar and past winner of the University of Louisville Concerto Competition, the Des Moines Symphony Young Artists Competition, the University of Northern Iowa Concerto Competition, and the Fort Dodge Symphony Orchestra Young Artists Competition.  She has participated in classes and festivals such as the Aspen Music Festival, the Rome Festival Orchestra, and the National Festival Orchestra.Phone: 217-581-6627Email: rrjohnson2@eiu.edu