Born and raised in the lush farmland of the Shenandoah Valley, VA. She graduated from Oberlin Conservatory with a Bachelor degree, earned Masters of Music degree in Roosevelt University, and graduated from Shenandoah University with an Artist Diploma. 

 

Rachel is currently pursuing a Doctorate of Musical Arts at Stony Brook University. Rachel has a passion for teaching and is inspired by comtemporary chamber music and hopes to continue to promote and collaborate with young composers, creating sustainable art for the future.

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Teaching and Work Experience​​

• Green Spring Music Festival Faculty, Summer 2025-present

• Summertrios, Violin Faculty, Summer 2024, 2025

• Shenandoah University, Adjunct Instructor in Applied Violin, 2023-2024

• Stony Brook University, Chamber Music Coath, 2023-2024

• Fort Greene Orchestra, 2025-present

• Chrysalis Chamber Players, 2024-present

• New Orchestra of Washington, 2021-present

• Unsupervised Chicago Ensemble, 2017-2020

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Selected Solo and Chamber Music Performance

• Natalie Woods Chamber Orchestra March 2025 soloing on the National Anthem for the Grand Tea Master of Japan

• World Premiere, Concerto for Violin and Percussion by Margaret Schedel, Soloing with Stony Brook Contemporary Chamber Players, Dimenna Center NYC, March 2024

• Emerson Legacy Concert, Dvorak “ Teezetto, Op. 74” with Eugene Drucker, February 2024

• Chrysalis Chamber Players national tour with Mary Bowden, trumpet, February 2024

• Mational Anthem at the Japanese Ambassador’s residence, Violin Duo, 2022, 2023, 2025

• Emerson String Quartet Intensive Concerts with the Hatlo Quartet Dec 2023, May 2024​