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Dr. Rachel Frederiksen is an active freelance bassoonist and educator from New Braunfels, TX. She currently teaches in a variety of south-central Texas school districts and serves as returning Reed-Making and Bassoon instructor at Texas Lutheran University Summer Music Academy. Her students have found continued success in Texas and Michigan All-State competitions at the area levels and having acceptances into universities such as San Angelo State University and Michigan State University.

As an artist, Dr. Frederiksen recently performed at the 2019 International Double Reed Society Conference in Tampa, FL and received an invitation to perform at the 2020 conference. Orchestrally, she performs with many Texas regional orchestras, such as Victoria Symphony and Corpus Christi Symphony. As a proponent of new music, Dr. Frederiksen was a recipient of one of the grant awards from the 2019 Michigan State University College of Music Running Start Entrepreneurship Competition to commission a new trio piece. This work was composed by Ricardo Lorenz for oboe, bassoon, and piano, and had its premiere on October 18, 2019. With an interest in expanding the bassoon repertoire, her doctoral thesis was a transcription of Emilie Mayer’s Violin Sonata in A minor to represent nearly forgotten women composers of the 19th century.

As a researcher, Dr. Frederiksen focuses on undergraduate teaching techniques and student learning in higher education. This includes her project on Teaching Comparison: Student Learning in Applied Music Lessons, a comparative study on best practices in private studio instruction presented at the 20th Annual Western University Graduate Symposium on Music in 2019. As a participant in the Residential College of Arts and Humanities Graduate Fellowship, Dr. Frederiksen engaged with a team of researchers and artists, investigating professor/student relationships and their effects on student learning. Findings from this research project will be published by the end of this year.

Dr. Frederiksen completed her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Michigan State University. She holds a Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Music Education degrees from Texas Lutheran University and a Master of Music and Master of Music Education degrees from Baylor University, where she was inducted into the Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Fraternity. Dr. Frederiksen performs on a 6000 series Heckel. When she is not busy teaching, performing, or reed-making, you can find Dr. Frederiksen hanging out with friends or helping her parents with their many basset hounds and cats.

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Upcoming Events:

October 4th- Heart of Texas Concert Band
"Symphonic Beginnings"
3:00pm, Scottish Rite Library and Museum, San Antonio, TX

November 22nd- Heart of Texas Concert Band
"Beethoven's 250th Birthday"
3:00pm, Location TBA, San Antonio, TX
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December 3rd- Symphony of the Hills
"Ode to Joy"
6:00pm/8:30pm, Cailloux Theater, Kerrville, TX

December 20th- Heart of Texas Concert Band
"Christmas Memories"
3:00pm, Location TBA, San Antonio, TX

January 9th- Symphony of the Hills
"An American Songbook" 
6:00pm/8:30pm, Cailloux Theater, Kerrville, TX 

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