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 NPR play including a feature on Paul Elisha's Performance Place. During her international debut tour of Southeast Asia, a performance in Vietnam was reviewed as "... no less than magical and eloquent." As a founding member of Trio Lumiere, Hartka performs regularly throughout New England. As comfortable in a symphony hall as a folk club, Hartka has appeared in venues such as the Rockwood Music Hall in New York and Club Passim in Cambridge. In the past few years Hartka appeared as a solo recitalist in the North Quabbin Center for the Arts Series, the Exploring the Arts series, the 88 Keys series, and the Jazz and More series, among others. As a Deans Scholar, 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 Andor Toth, Rhonda Rider and Leslie Parnas among others.