Violinist Rebecca Racusin has performed across the United States and internationally in venues including Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and the National Gallery of Art.  Praised for her “sparkling” sound (Washington Classical Review), she enjoys a versatile career as a chamber musician, orchestral player, and solo violinist. Ms. Racusin is the founder and president of acclaimed Jackson Hole Chamber Music. Now entering its ninth season, JHCM brings together world-class musicians for intimate concerts in the breathtaking surroundings of Jackson Hole, Wyoming.  Ms. Racusin performs regularly with the New Jersey Symphony and has appeared with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, and the Smithsonian Chamber Players.  Ms. Racusin was a tenured member of the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Eclipse Chamber Orchestra, and the Maryland Symphony.   

An avid proponent of new music, Ms. Racusin has led numerous projects bringing contemporary works to new audiences. She has commissioned multiple pieces from emerging American composers that have premiered at Jackson Hole Chamber Music.  In 2012 she was appointed a principal player of Washington, D.C.–based Inscape Chamber Orchestra and was subsequently featured on their GRAMMY-nominated album of new works, Sprung Rhythm.  In March 2026 Ms. Racusin premiered Rodolpho Zanetti’s chamber opera for string quartet, soprano and Bandoneon at National Sawdust in Brooklyn.  

Ms. Racusin has most recently performed as a soloist with the Eclipse Chamber Orchestra and the Central Jersey Symphony Orchestra, and she has been a frequent recitalist in Washington D.C., San Francisco, and New Jersey.  She has spent nearly a decade with the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra and served on the orchestra and chamber music faculty at the Wintergreen Performing Arts Festival and Academy from 2013–2016.

Ms. Racusin received her B.A. from Harvard University while studying with James Buswell at the New England Conservatory, and her M.M. from the University of Maryland School of Music, where she held a graduate assistantship under the tutelage of Elisabeth Adkins.