Area of Expertise

• Violin
• Strings Education

Rebecca Lautar, who is currently serving as Associate Dean in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, served as chair of the Department of Music from 2011-2020. She is a Professor of Music at Florida Atlantic University, where she teaches violin, viola, chamber music and string education courses. She performs in the Palm Beach Opera and as a member of the department faculty.

Professor Lautar received her Bachelor of Music degree from Western Michigan University and a Master of Music with Distinction from Indiana University, where her teachers included Mimi Zwieg and Franco Gulli.