Wanda Becker, a native of Canada, began her professional career as a member of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. At that time she was presented in solo recitals on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Prior to this she was a student of Sonia Eckhardt-Gramatté. In St. Louis, Wanda was a winner of the Young Artist Competition resulting in a solo appearance with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. Later she pursued her studies at the Nordwestdeutsche Musik-Akademie in Detmold, Germany. As a member of the Tibor Varga Chamber Orchestra she concertized in Norway, France, Germany and Switzerland

Ms. Becker holds a long association with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra as a full time member of the first violin section and after returning to St. Louis as a part time musician. She has participated in chamber music festivals in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sarasota, Florida, Jackson Hole, Wyoming and Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Wanda was a member of the Rarely Performed Music Ensemble, Trio Capriccio and a founding member of Quartet Seraphin which presented concerts at local venues and in schools for twenty five years. The quartet was distinguished for its series of concerts entitled “Meet the Composer” which introduced students to the lives of Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven

Ms. Becker has been an adjunct instructor at Stephens College, Greenville College and St. Louis University. She frequently appears in chamber music performances and has been concert master of the American Kantorei’s “Bach at the Sem” series since its inception. Ms. Becker also serves as concert master of the Union Avenue Opera Orchestra