Rebecca Muir

Hailing from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Rebecca Muir is currently studying voice and songwriting on scholarship at Berklee College of Music in Boston. A versatile singer, Rebecca doesn’t commit to any particular genre, although soul music, especially the blues, is a true passion.

Rebecca is a rising star at Berklee, and since coming to the U.S to study, she has racked up an impressive list of credits, sharing the stage with rapper k-os, performing alongside Gloria Estefan, Herbie Hancock and Paul Simon in Berklee’s 60th Anniversary Concert, belting out “Gimme Some Money” from Christopher Guest’s hit film Spinal Tap with Guest himself, performing live for and meeting with the members of the legendary funk band Tower of Power, and performing for Melissa Etheridge, The Edge – lead guitarist from U2, and renowned producer Phil Ramone. She is regularly featured on the Berklee Performance Center stage and has appeared in many of the college’s biggest shows, including Singer’s Showcase, Convocation concerts, Commencement concerts, The Great American Songbook: The Music of Stevie Wonder Tribute Concert, and Berklee Jazz Café at Symphony Hall. She has also done session work for Mark Simos (Allison Krauss cuts) and travels regularly with the college for various conferences, gigs and engagements, joining her professors as a peer on stage. In addition to a substantial entering student scholarship, Rebecca has been awarded two Blink* Music Scholarships , and was recently awarded Berklee’s Yo Team Scholarship for outstanding musical and academic achievement. She is currently a lead vocalist in one of Boston’s foremost GB Bands, Night Rhythm (www.nightrhythm.com), as well as performing her original material in the Boston area with her own band, an ecclectic mix with a heavy focus on the blues and organic soul.

Born to musician parents, Rebecca sang as soon as she could talk. As a child, she performed anytime an opportunity presented itself, doing musical theatre and writing and gigging with her high school band. At 17 she began performing professionally with many musicians in the east coast Canadian circuit, over the years doing everything from GB bands to other artists’ original projects. She has performed or recorded with with many successful Canadian artists: Matt Mays & El Torpedo (Juno* -nominated, ECMA* ), Classified, Dutch Mason (Juno, ECMA, Canadian Jazz & Blues Hall of Fame, Order of Canada), Garrett Mason (Juno), Lennie Gallant (Juno-nominated, ECMA), Bruce Guthro (ECMA) Theresa Malenfant (ECMA), and Matt Minglewood (ECMA).

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*Blink Music is a Cambridge, MA-based studio. It is considered New England’s most extensive full-service recording and production studio.

*The Juno Awards can be considered the transnational counterpart to the United States’ Grammy Awards

*The East Coast Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony based in Atlantic Canada for music appreciation on the East Coast of Canada.