With a profound passion for all things music, Becca Schultz founded Vesper School of Music in 2013. She based her career in music education and performance since moving to Portland in 2007.

After beginning piano lessons at age 5, Becca went on to earn a Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz and Classical Piano Performance and a minor in Gender Studies summa cum laude from Portland State University. While at PSU she studied with Portland greats Darrell Grant, Lisa Marsh, Brian Ward, Ezra Weiss, and Mary Kogen. Becca received the Leadership in Undergraduate Research Award at PSU which allowed her to pursue her interest in Body Mapping and piano pedagogy more deeply. Through this grant she published her research in the book "Coordinate Movement Curriculum for the Piano". Over the last decade Becca has developed the unique curriculum used at Vesper that reflects her holistic teaching philosophy.

Becca has played with a number of Portland bands. For several years she toured with choral folk-rock band Ages and Ages in the US, Europe and Canada. Since 2013 she has been an active performing artist with the non-profit organization Piano. Push. Play. Becca’s piano and keyboard playing has been featured on a number of studio albums.

In 2019 Becca released Prisma, her second album of original contemporary classical music. Prisma was released alongside a book of piano sheet music. Her debut album of original piano compositions, Terrain, was released in 2012.

In addition to music, Becca enjoys woodworking, cycling, and spending time with her husband, Vesper General Manager Paul Laxer, and their two poodles Bravo and Lenny.