Elizabeth Rexine

Elizabeth Rexine is currently a junior at Catholic University pursuing degrees in both Music Composition and Philosophy. She has an extensive background in music starting at the age of six. Her compositions have primarily focused on voice; she has arranged hymns, written and released a song cycle for voice and piano trio, directed the rehearsals for all of her composition performances, and is currently working on a polyphonic Mass setting in F# minor (the Kyrie was performed last spring) and a choral setting of St. Gertrude's Prayer. Music theory is like a second lanuage to her. She can detect a song's key and chord progression by ear and even has pitch-color synesthesia! She is a cradle Catholic who reverted at 17 and has been passionate about her faith ever since. She is organized, driven, and very passionate about music in the liturgy-specifically its ability to draw the soul closer to God.

• 3 semesters CUA Wind Ensemble as Percussionist
• 3 semesters CUA Choir
• 6+ yrs middle/high school choir (including 2 yrs in Wayzata's top choir & 2yrs middle school select choir)
• 1yr private middle school band
• 8yrs musical theatre (11 full-length musicals, including Newsies, Into the Woods, Sunday in the Park with George, Pippin, Follies, The Music Man, & Urinetown, as well as 4 junior musicals & 2 small plays)

• 10+ yrs piano (approx. 2012-present), including approx. 6yrs piano
• 1yr band percussion (2023-present)
• 3yrs voice lessons (2018-2020) as well as choral/theatre experience
• 1yr guitar lessons (2023)
• Entirely self-taught ukulele, would consider it proficient (2021-present)
• 4yrs violin (approx. 2009-2013)
• 1yr flute (approx. 2016)

• Lectoring-approx. 5yrs at St. Joseph the Worker in Maple Grove, MN (age 13-17)
• Worship Team-approx. 1yr as pianist for youth group worship at Plymouth Covenant Church in Plymouth, MN (Praise & Worship)
• Worship Team-approx. 1yr as backup vocalist for youth group Mass at St. Joseph the Worker in Maple Grove, MN (Contemporary Catholic)
• Experience with Gregorian chant, traditional hymns, contemporary Catholic liturgical music, and praise & worship music