about me
Dr. Rachel Reyes (she/her) is a Filipino-American flutist and educator from Snohomish, WA. She is passionate about performing works by living composers and underrepresented communities. Her musical successes include winning the 2024 University of Washington Concerto Competition, 2023 National Flute Association Masterclass Competition, 2022 Arizona Flute Society Graduate/Professional Competition, and 2022 Sewanee Summer Music Festival Jacqueline Avent Concerto Competition. Rachel spent summers at the Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival, Sewanee Summer Music Festival, Brevard Music Institute, and ARIA International Summer Music Academy.
Recent performances include the Otaka Concerto for flute and orchestra with the University of Washington Symphony Orchestra. Previously, she has performed the Hue Fantaisie for flute and orchestra with the Sewanee Festival Orchestra and the Doppler Andante et Rondo concerto with Professor Donna Shin and the University of Washington Wind Ensemble. Rachel has premiered works with the University of Washington Modern Music Ensemble and in various chamber music performances in Washington, Arizona, North Carolina, and New York. Reyes has performed with the Seattle Symphony, Seattle Modern Orchestra, Lake Washington Symphony Orchestra, and Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra.
Reyes has performed internationally in the Philippines and China. Recently, she led a public masterclass at the University of the Philippines Diliman College of Music. In 2019, she was invited to perform and teach masterclasses as principal of the University of Washington Wind Ensemble on their performance tour of China in Beijing, Chengdu, and Xi’an.
Rachel earned her Doctorate of Musical Arts at the University of Washington where she served as a Teaching Assistant. At the UW, she performed with the Symphony Orchestra and Modern Music Ensemble. Reyes has taught and led Chamber Music Lab, Studio Classes, Orchestral Excerpt Classes, Woodwind Methods, Modern Music Ensemble, Music Appreciation, and Flute Lessons. She received a Bachelor’s in Orchestral Instruments - Flute Performance from the University of Washington and a Master’s in Flute Performance from Arizona State University. She has studied with Professor Donna Shin, Dr. Elizabeth Buck, Dr. Zart Dombourian-Eby, and Iris Ingram.
Equally at home on the stage and in the classroom, Reyes has a passion for teaching and sharing her love of music with others. She began teaching in 2015 and guides students of all ages and experience levels in private flute lessons. Her students have participated in honor groups and youth orchestras in Washington and Arizona. Students have placed in the Arizona Flute Society Junior and Senior Competitions. She is a Flute Coach and Chamber Music Coach for the Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestras where she works with young musicians in the Overture, Premiere, and Sinfonia Orchestras. Additionally, Rachel is a Chamber Music Coach at the Seattle Youth Symphony’s Seattle Conservatory of Music.