Rachel Woolf, flutist

Rachel Woolf is Assistant Professor of Flute at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), School of Music.
As a multidimensional artist, she regularly explores various genres and collaborates with diverse artists. She is sought after as a soloist, chamber musician, orchestral musician, and rock musician.

About
Rachel

Dr. Rachel Woolf serves as Assistant Professor of Flute at the University of Texas at San Antonio School of Music. Accomplished as a multidimensional artist, Rachel is Principal Flute with the Victoria Bach Festival, flutist in Dallas based symphonic pop rock band, The Polyphonic Spree, regularly performs with the San Antonio Philharmonic, and has performed and recorded with the United States Air Force Band of the West. She has collaborated with diverse artists like Jośe González, Il Divo, Darren Criss, and Swans.

Rachel has performed at the National Flute Association Convention (NFA) eight times, and in the 2022 and 2023 conventions was a featured performer on the Friday Night Gala Concert. Additionally, she has been a featured Gala artist at the 2023 North American Saxophone Alliance Convention (NASA), as well as a performer at the 2023 International Clarinet Association, ClarinetFest and 2023 College Music Society’s National Conference.

Actively engaged with programming new and diverse works, her flute and marimba duo, Duo 彩 Aya, has commissioned four new works for flute and marimba for performances across the United States and Japan in the 2023-2024 season. Rachel has been a founding member of multiple new music groups in Ann Arbor and Los Angeles and has premiered numerous new works for flute and piccolo, including Paul Schoenfield’s Psychobird (A Sonatina for Piccolo and Piano) with Paul Schoenfield on piano. She can be heard premiering works by William Bolcom and Jennifer Higdon on the widely released Classical Structures with the University of Michigan Symphony Band on Equilibrium Records. Additionally, she can be heard playing principal and bass flute on the GIA Windworks label, Canvases and Offerings, with the UNT Wind Symphony.

Rachel has given masterclasses, recitals, and clinics at The University of Michigan, The University of Alabama, The University of Texas at Austin, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of North Texas, University of North Carolina Greensboro, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Bowling Green State University, Texas Christian University, University of Oregon, SUNY Potsdam, Baylor University, Oklahoma State University, and others. She has been a Guest Artist Teacher at Texas A & M Commerce and has given clinics and recitals at the Austin Flute Society’s Festival, Texas Flute Society’s Festival, Texas Summer Flute Symposium, and Floot Fire camps. She has also been on judging panels for the NFA Junior Soloist Competition, Texas Music Education’s Association (TMEA) All-State Convention, NFA Collegiate Flute Choir Competition, Myrna Brown Competition (Texas Flute Society), and VOCE Competition (San Diego).

Beyond her performances across the United States, she has performed in Sweden, Finland, Russia, Italy, Luxembourg, Germany, France, England, and Canada. She received her Bachelor of Music at the University of Michigan, obtained her Master of Music at Bowling Green State University, where she was the flute Teaching Assistant, and completed her Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of North Texas as a Teaching Fellow with a related field in Ethnomusicology. She has studied under the tutelage of Amy Porter, Dr. Conor Nelson, Terri Sundberg, Dr. James Scott, Marianne Gedigian, and Karen Reynolds.

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Spring 2024 Calendar

JAN 19-20 San Antonio Philharmonic

Classics 5: Mahler 4

First Baptist Church of San Antonio

FEB 8 Performing with UTSA Mariachi Los Paisanos

Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA)

FEB 13 UTSA Faculty Recital

Performing César Franck's Sonata in A Major

UTSA Recital Hall

7:30PM

FEB 23-24 San Antonio Philharmonic

Classics 6: Pictures

First Baptist Church of San Antonio

MAR 6 Double Flute Concerto with the UTSA Wind Ensemble

When the Winds Speak (Cuando Hablan los Vientos)

for two solo flutes and concert band

By Arturo Rodríguez

Rachel Woolf and Linda Jenkins, flute soloists

UTSA Recital Hall

7:30PM

MAR 10 Salon Concerts

Austin, Texas

4:30PM

MAR 11 Salon Concerts

Austin, Texas

7:00PM

MAR 22-23 San Antonio Philharmonic

Classics 7: Schumann 3

First Baptist Church of San Antonio

MAR 30 Guest Artist at UMass Amherst, Flute Festival

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

MAY 6 Olmos Ensemble

Shepherd King Lutheran Church

7:30PM

MAY 31- San Antonio Philharmonic

JUN 1 Classics 10: Beethoven

First Baptist Church of San Antonio

JUN 6-8 Principal Flute, Victoria Bach Festival

Victoria, TX

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