Active as a soloist, chamber musician and educator, cellist Dr Rebecca Hartka released her debut CD "Folkfire" in October 2010, receiving critical acclaim as well as radio play on both WFCR and WAMC Performance Place. Her international solo debut in 2007 in Vietnam was reviewed by a local paper as "... no less than magical and eloquent." As comfortable in a café as a concert hall, Hartka has appeared in venues such as the Boston Center for the Arts, the Rockwood music club in New York and Club Passim in Cambridge, MA. She has recently appeared at the Dweck Center for Contemporary Culture in Brooklyn, NY, on the North Quabbin Center for the Arts series, the Exploring the Arts series, the 88 Keys series, and the Jazz and More series. As one of the founding members of the Phoenix Trio, she gave regular concert tours throughout the country from 2006-2009. Hartka has been featured as a guest artist in a concert tour with the Meritage Quartet and has also performed with Serenata Chamber Players, Boston College Contemporary Music Ensemble, Hyperprism, the Fringe Festival, Cape Ann Symphony, Rhode Island Philharmonic, Intermountain Opera Company, among others. Hartka earned her Doctorate of Musical Arts and Masters in Music from Boston University College of Fine Arts and her Bachelor of Arts in Music from Oberlin College and Conservatory studying with Peter Rejto, Andor Toth, Michael Reynolds, Rhonda Rider and Leslie Parnas.