Rebecca Sabine Ramsey was the first person in her family to fall in love with music. It happened when the first-chair violinist from the Long Beach Philharmonic visited her fourth-grade classroom to share opportunities for music lessons. As soon as Sabine Ramsey saw her pick up the violin, it clicked.
After more than 40 years as a professional musician in Las Vegas, Rebecca Sabine Ramsey decided to finish her bachelor’s degree via Oregon State Ecampus.
Through high school and the beginning of her college career in the 1970s at California State University, Long Beach, Sabine Ramsey played the violin for fun. Then a friend landed a gig in Las Vegas and invited her to go with him. She decided school could wait — she needed to see what opportunities lay ahead in the music business.
After landing a full-time job at Caesar’s Palace, Sabine Ramsey spent several years playing alongside stars like Frank Sinatra, Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli and Lady Gaga, as well as with Celine Dion during her eight-year residency. But when Dion’s show closed in 2019, Sabine Ramsey decided she was ready to finish her bachelor’s degree.
An OSU Ecampus student in the College of Liberal Arts, Sabine Ramsey found a program she could align with her career: music and the contemplative arts. The curriculum incorporates a mix of religious studies, philosophy, poetry and science — in addition to music.
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