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
8pm
MAY 29 Flute Looping with Dancer at MESH San Antonio
An Ecstatic Evening of Connection through
Visual Art + Dance + Music
MBS Yoga, San Antonio
7pm
MAY 21 Texas Flute Society, Solo Flute Performance
Coppell High School
3:30pm
MAY 4 The Polyphonic Spree performance at Hi How Are You Day
ACL Live at the Moody Theater, Austin, TX
APR 23 The Polyphonic Spree
Sugar Land, TX
APR 22-23 Musicians of the San Antonio Symphony (MOSAS)
Second Flute
First Baptist Church of San Antonio
APR 9 Austin Flute Society’s Festival
Solo Flute Recital and UTSA Flute Ensemble performance
Lake Travis High School
APRI 1 UTSA Faculty Oboe Recital
Performing with Erin Webber
UTSA Recital Hall
5pm
MAR 24-27 Performing as “The Magic Flute”
Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte
UTSA Recital Hall
MAR 20-21 Salon Concerts
Performing music of Nielsen and Farrenc
MAR 19 Southwest Guitar Symposium
Performance with Dr. Isaac Bustos
UTSA Recital Hall
7:00pm
MAR 6 Solo Flute Recital at UTSA, “Pale Blue Dot”
UTSA Recital Hall
7:30pm
FEB 26-27 San Antonino Chamber Choir, “Threshold”
Incarnate Word Motherhouse Chapel
FEB 7 Guest Artist Performer
Northeastern State University’s Instrumental Day
Tahlequah, Oklahoma
FEB 5 Abilene Philharmonic
Substitute Second Flute
JAN 15 Abilene Philharmonic
Substitute Principal Flute
2021
DEC 30 Floot Fire’s TMEA Area Prep Class
DEC 18 The Polyphonic Spree
18th Annual Holiday Extravaganza
The Majestic Theatre
Dallas, TX
DEC 4 Abilene Philharmonic
Christmas Movie Magic Pops
Substitute second flute
NOV 9 Guest Lecture
The University of Texas at Austin
OCT 16-17 Performance with The Polyphonic Spree
The Kessler Theater, Jutebox Jamboree
AUG 14 National Flute Association’s Convention
Around the World: New Zealand to Australia
Performing Taheke for flute and harp by Gareth Farr
JUL 18 Performing with The Polyphonic Spree
Sons of Herman Hall, Dallas, TX
2020
AUG 12 National Flute Association’s Summer Series
“Celebration Series” Recital
Performing Night Music, by Vanraj Bhatia
JUL 24 National Flute Association’s Summer Series
Virtual Warm-Up
JUL 7 Floot Fire Virutal Camp, 15-minute recital
JUN 22-26 Floot Fire Virtual Camp
Leading Contemporary Techniques Class
JUN 6 Austin Flute Society’s Virtual Festival: Gust Artist Clinician, “Introduction to World Music to Expand your Flute Technique”
JUN 6 Austin Flute Society
Masterclass for the Winners of the AFS
Young Artist Competition Senior (10-12) and Junior (8-9) Division
MAY 16 Austin Flute Society
Judge for the Young Artist Competition, Senior Division
MAY 2 Floot Fire Virtual Soloist Competition
Judge, Senior Division
APR 20 Texas Flute Society
Judge for Recorded Round
Semi-Finals of Myrna Brown Competition
APR 24 Guest Artist Lecture
Lamar University on Practice Tips and Techniques
MAR 13 Performance with Dr. Isaac Bustos at the
Southwest Guitar Symposium at UTSA
MAR 1 Solo Performance of in the thickets of ivory lilies
New Music Festival at UTSA
FEB 25 San Antonio Symphony
Substitute Second flute/piccolo
FEB 12 TMEA All-State Judge for 6A Flute Panel
FEB 5 Faculty Recital, “Stages”
with Dr. Tracy Cowden, piano and Dr. Isaac Bustos, guitar
UTSA Recital Hall
7:30pm
JAN 28 Tuesday Musical Society of San Antonio
Recital Performance with Dr. Tracy Cowden
2019
DEC 1 The Polyphonic Spree
Holiday Extravaganza
DEC 7-8 San Antonio Symphony
Substitute Second flute on Nutcracker
NOV 22 Guest Artist Recital and Masterclass
Texas Lutheran University
NOV 13 Masterclass at South San High School
NOV 6 Masterclass at East Central High School
OCT 17 Performance with Dr. Isaac Bustos at Texas A&M University
OCT 8 Performance with Dr. Isaac Bustos
UTSA Faculty Chamber Recital
OCT 3 Guest Artist Recital and Masterclass at Baylor University
JUL 4 Dallas Winds, Substitute Piccolo
4th of July Concerts
MAR 10 Performer for the Dallas Iranian Women’s Association
International Woman’s Day
FEB 26 Dallas Winds, Substitute Piccolo
FEB 4-8 Dallas Winds, Substitute Principal Flute
Dallas ISD 5th Grade Outreach Concerts
2018
NOV 10 East Texas Symphony Orchestra
Substitute Second Flute
OCT 27 Featured Performer
Brookhaven College Faculty Showcase Recital
OCT 21 Flute Faculty Recital at Brookhaven College
OCT 7 Performance with The Polyphonic Spree
The Buffalo Tree Festival
Dallas, TX
