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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 as Principal Flute 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 the 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, Bowling Green State University, University of Oregon, SUNY Potsdam, Lamar University, Baylor University, Oklahoma State University, Texas A & M University, Texas Lutheran University, Grand View University, and Central College. 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, Floot Fire camps, among others. 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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Fall 2023 Calendar

SEP 15            San Antonio Philharmonic

                        Dieciséis Concert

                        Lanier High School 4PM

SEP 22-23       San Antonio Philharmonic

                        Classics 1: Firebird

                        First Baptist Church of San Antonio

OCT 1             The Polyphonic Spree

                        Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios

                        Denton, TX

OCT 13-14     San Antonio Philharmonic

                        Classics 2: Sibelius 5

                        First Baptist Church of San Antonio

OCT 27           College Music Society

                        National Conference

                        Miami, Florida

OCT 29           Duo 彩 AYA, Cycles, Recital

                        Victoria, Texas - House Concert

                        7:30PM

OCT 30           Duo 彩 AYA on Texas Public Radio

                        KPAC 88.3

                        1PM

NOV 1            Duo 彩 AYA, Cycles, Recital

                        UTSA Recital Hall

                        San Antonio, Texas

                        7:30PM

NOV 2            Duo 彩 AYA, Cycles 

                        Recital and Masterclass

                        The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

                        Edinburg, Texas

                        7:00PM

NOV 6            Duo 彩 AYA, Cycles

                        Recital and Masterclass

                        Texas Christian University

                        Fort Worth, Texas

                        7:00PM

NOV 7            Duo 彩 AYA, Cycles

                        Recital and Masterclass

                        University of North Texas

                        Denton, Texas

                        6:30PM

NOV 14          Duo 彩 AYA, Cycles

                        Recital and Masterclass

                        University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

                        Chapel Hill, North Carolina

                        7:00PM

NOV 15          Duo 彩 AYA, Cycles

                        Recital and Masterclass

                        University of North Carolina Pembroke

                        Pembroke, North Carolina

                        7:30PM

NOV 16          Duo 彩 AYA, Cycles

                        Recital and Masterclass

                        University of North Carolina Wilmington

                        Wilmington, North Carolina

                        7:30PM

NOV 17          Duo 彩 AYA, Cycles

                        Recital and Masterclass

                        University of North Carolina Greensboro

                        Greensboro, North Carolina

                        1PM

NOV 19          Duo 彩 AYA, Cycles Recital

                        San Diego Central Library

                        San Diego, California

                        2:30pm

NOV 22          Duo 彩 AYA, Cycles Recital

                        Encinitas Library

                        Encinitas, California

                        12:00PM

NOV 27          Duo 彩 AYA, Cycles Recital

                        La Jolla Athenaeum Concert Series

                        La Jolla, California

                        12:00PM

DEC 15-16      The Polyphonic Spree Holiday Extravaganza

                        Majestic Theatre

                        Dallas, Texas

 

Spring 2024 Calendar

 

 

 

JAN 19-20       San Antonio Philharmonic

                         Classics 5: Mahler 4

                         First Baptist Church of San Antonio

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 7             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

APR 19-20        San Antonio Philharmonic

                         Classics 8: Mozart

                         First Baptist Church of San Antonio

MAY 10-11       San Antonio Philharmonic

                         Classics 9: Brahms and Dvorak

                         First Baptist Church of San Antonio

MAY 31-          San Antonio Philharmonic

JUN 1              Classics 10: Beethoven

                        First Baptist Church of San Antonio

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PAST EVENTS

2023

AUG 5               National Flute Association Convention

                           Avian Innovation

                           Performing new works for flute quartet

                           by living female composers

                           Phoenix, Arizona

 

AUG 4               National Flute Association Convention

                          Performing Dash by Jennifer Higdon

                          for flute, clarinet, and piano

                          Friday Night Gala Concert

                          Phoenix, Arizona

 

JUL 8                 International Clarinet Association, ClarinetFest

                           Performing Portrait’s of Langston by Valerie Coleman

                           for flute, clarinet, and piano

                           Denver, Colorado

 

JUN 3-10           Victoria Bach Festival

                           Principal flute

                          www.victoriabachfestival.org/events/2023-victoria-bach-festival/

                           Victoria, Texas

 

MAY 5.              San Antonio Philharmonic Cinco de Mayo Celebration

                          with the Guadalupe Dance Company and Azul Barrientos

                          Principal Flute

                          Plaza Guadalupe, San Antonio

 

MAY 3               San Antonio Philharmonic with Azul Barrientos

                          Old Spanish Trail Cultural Corridor Culminating

                          Series Performance

                          Principal Flute

                          San Pedro Playhouse, San Antonio

 

APR 27             Symphony of the Hills

                          Orchestral Fire: Tchaikovsky

                          Principal Flute

                          Cailloux Theater, Kerrville

 

APR 26              Coronation Orchestra 

                          Piccolo

                          Majestic Theater, San Antonio 

 

APR 22             San Antonio Philharmonic

                         Pops 3, “Viva la Música!”

                         with Lanfranco Marcelletti Jr and Elena Durán

                         Principal Flute

                         First Baptist Church of San Antonio

 

APR 7               Performance of John Rutter’s Requiem

                         Christ Episcopal Church, San Antonio

 

MAR 30            Performance at North American Saxophone Alliance

                         (NASA) Biennial Conference

                         Opening Gala Concert

                         Performing Listen to me as one listens to the rain

                         by Camila Agosto for flute, soprano saxophone, and percussion

                         University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi

 

MAR 29           Guest Artist Masterclass and Recital

                        University of Alabama

                        4pm

 

FEB 28            UTSA Flute Studio Recital

                        UTSA Recital Hall

                        5pm

 

FEB 9              UTSA Flute Ensemble performs at Texas Music Educators                                        Association (TMEA) Convention

                        Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio 

 

JAN 27-28      San Antonio Philharmonic, Pops 1

                        Charles Floyd conducts “A Celebration of MLK for Dreamweek”

                        First Baptist Church of San Antonio

 

 

JAN 23           Guest Artist Masterclass and Recital

                       University of Michigan

                       4pm

 

JAN 20           Guest Artist Masterclass and Recital

                        Bowling Green State University

                        3pm

JAN 13-14      San Antonio Philharmonic, Classics 5

                        Tito Muñoz conducts Beethoven, Principal Flute

                        First Baptist Church of San Antonio

 

JAN 7             Symphony of the Hills, “Pops: Western Swing,”

                       Principal Flute

                       Cailloux Theatre, Kerrville

                       7:30pm

 

 2022

DEC 17           The Polyphonic Spree Holiday Extravaganza

                        Majestic Theatre, Dallas, TX

                        7:00pm

 

DeC 1             Symphony of the Hills, “The Miracle of Christmas,”

                        Principal Flute

                        Cailloux Theatre, Kerrville

                        7:30pm

NOV 18-19     San Antonio Philharmonic, Classics 4

                        Second Flute

                        First Baptist Church of San Antonio

                        7:30pm

 

NOV 11           United States Air Force Band of the West

                         Veterans Day Concert

                         Principal Flute

                        Lila Cockrell Theatre

                        7:00pm

 

OCT 28-29     San Antonio Philharmonic, Classics 3

                        Principal Flute

                        First Baptist Church of San Antonio

                        7:30pm

OCT 6            Symphony of the Hills

                       “When in Rome, Inspirations from Italy,”

                        Principal Flute

                        Cailloux Theatre, Kerrville

                        7:30pm

 

SEP 27            UTSA Orchestra

                        Solo Concerto Performance of Reinecke’s Flute Concerto

                        UTSA Recital Hall

                        7:30pm

 

SEP 6            “Portraits and Emblems,” first faculty chamber concert

                        as a School of Music at UTSA

                        with Dr. Nicolas Councilor, clarinet, and Dr. Tracy Cowden, piano.                            Featuring San Antonio Poet Laureate Andrea Vocab Sanderson

                        7:30pm

 

JUL 3              United States Air Force Band of the West

                       Stars and Stripes Fourth of July Concert

                        Principal Flute

                        Southlake Town Square

                        Southlake, Texas

                        6:30pm

 

JUN 22           Floot Fire San Antonio, Solo Flute Performance

                        St. Mary’s University, San Antonio 

                        3:30pm

 

JUN 11           Viatorum Trio at Culture Fest

                        Deco Pizzeria