Join us on our Facebook page for the second concert in our “Give BACH” series featuring Rachel Schiff, classical guitarist. She will perform various works by John Dowland, JS Bach, and Telemann.
About Give BACH, With public health concerns from COVID-19, and the reality that singing is a “super-spreader,” there is no way for BACH to present in-person concerts this fall. In the meantime, we are excited to announce “Give BACH,” our way to offer live music to the community this fall. Our “Give BACH” virtual series consists of four of BACH’s artist-friends performing from their homes or neighborhood churches, featuring music from the Baroque period and beyond.
Our Give BACH series are free, though BACH would appreciate a suggested donation of $10.
Rachel Schiff, classical guitarist, The highly acclaimed American guitarist Rachel Schiff began playing the guitar at age 5. She began her musical education at the prestigious "National High School Music Institute" with Professor Mark Maxwell. At the age of 16, she was awarded the Grand Prix at a competition, which was open to all instruments and subsequently enabled her to perform many concerts. In the following years, Rachel was a repeated prize winner of the "Society of American Musicians Youth Competition." In 2005, Rachel Schiff entered the class of Professor Anne Waller at Northwestern University and completed her Bachelor of Music in 2009 and her Master of Music in 2010. She then graduated at the world-renowned Accedemia Chigiana Musicale in the class of Professor Oscar Ghiglia with the award Diploma di Merito. Afterwards, Rachel moved to Germany to develop her artistic skills with professor Dale Kavanagh at the Koblenz International Guitar Academy. A year later she began a Post-Graduate study at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln under the guidance of celebrated Argentian guitarist professor Robeto Aussel, which she completed in 2013 with great success. In the same year, Rachel was a prize winner at the Nikšić International Guitar Competition in Montenegro, and was thus broadcast on both national radio and live television. Since then, Rachel has been working with professor Han-An Liu, giving her highly valuable musical impulses, which continue to shape her playing today. As a soloist, Rachel has performed at festivals and concert series in the USA, France, England and Germany. She released her Debut CD Impressions and Landscapes in 2018.