Rebecca J. McFarland is a freelance clarinetist from Northern Virginia. She holds a Master of Music in Clarinet Performance from the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati where she studied with Ronald Aufmann of the Cincinnati Symphony. Rebecca received her Bachelor of Arts in Music with concentrations in Clarinet Performance and Music Education at Virginia Tech, where she studied with Dr. David Widder. While attending Virginia Tech, Rebecca was the winner of the 20th annual David Widder Student Soloist Competition. In addition to her collegiate studies, Rebecca has also attended summer music festivals such as the Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival, the California Clarinet Clinic, the Clarinet Academy of the South, the Buffet Summer Clarinet Academy, and the Pierre Monteux School for Conductors and Orchestral Musicians, the Zodiac Music Academy and Festival, and the Domaine Forget International Music Festival. Rebecca has studied privately with Dr. Robert Little, Kristen G. Sheridan, Rob Patterson, and Jennifer Trujillo.

Rebecca joined the United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own” as a member of the Ceremonial Band clarinet section in 2022.

Rebecca earned her Timani Teacher Certification in 2024 from the Musicians’ Health and Movement Institute in Oslo, Norway.

Rebecca maintained a private clarinet studio during the course of both of her degree programs in Blacksburg, Virginia, and in Cincinnati, Ohio before she opened the RJM Clarinet Studio in Ashburn, Virginia in 2015. She has also worked at summer band camps throughout the Northern Virginia region, and regularly teaches clarinet technique classes and clarinet sectionals in Loudoun and Fairfax Counties during the school year.