Member
Contact Information
rehurwitz@comcast.netLocation
Berkeley, California
Early Music Skills & Interests
ViolinEarly Music Affiliations
Administrator, Advocate, Performer
Biography
Violinist RACHEL HURWITZ has been active in the Bay Area's historical performance community for 30 years, performing with such ensembles as Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, American Bach Soloists, California Bach Society, Jubilate Baroque Orchestra, Ars Minerva, Albany Consort, Sonoma Bach, Marin Baroque, Sacramento Baroque Soloists, Voices of Music, and the San Francisco Renaissance Voices. She also serves as Manager for Jubilate Baroque Orchestra.
As a modern violinist, Rachel has freelanced with nearly every orchestra in the San Francisco region, and currently serves as tenured Principal Second Violin for the San Francisco Opera Center Orchestra. She also completed six national tours with San Francisco Opera's Western Opera Theater.
Rachel is a native of Eugene, OR, where she has been a member of the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra for 35 years, and the Oregon Bach Festival Baroque Orchestra since its inception in 2014. She holds degrees in Violin Performance and English from Oberlin College, and a M.Mus in Violin Performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
