Rebecca Sherburn is the director of Vocal Studies and an associate professor of voice at Chapman University. She received her undergraduate degree from California State University—Los Angeles, and Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from the University of Southern California.

International performances include operatic roles sung with Zürich Opera, Berliner Festwochen, and the Neue Flora Theater Hamburg as well as other German State Theaters in Oberhausen, Gütersloh, Osnabrück and Aachen. Her national engagements include appearances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group, New York New Music Ensemble, newEar of Kansas City, Los Angeles Master Chorale, South Florida Master Chorale, William Hall Chorale, Los Angeles Concert Opera, Santa Barbara Light Opera, Opera Grand Rapids, Virginia Opera, Flagstaff Symphony, NewWest Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, and Kansas City Ballet. 

As a concert artist, she has premiered several works that were written specifically for her voice, and she has built a reputation for performing rarely heard contemporary chamber works. She has two recordings of American chamber music available through Albany Records, Paul Creston Songs (GRAMMY-nominated) and Love, the Fair Day.

Dr. Sherburn is an active teacher with a pedagogical video series “How the Voice Works” on you tube sponsored by Virtual Sheet Music.