Rachel Maki

Rachel Maki has educated students of all levels throughout Michigan, New Jersey, and Wisconsin in both schools and after school choral organizations. As an advocate of music education, Rachel led a Wisconsin school to receive the 2014 GRAMMY Select Schools Enterprise Award, an award given to high schools that are retaining their music programs among continued budgetary limitations.  Ms. Maki served as the Associate Artistic Director of Milwaukee Children’s Choir for three years and is now in her fourth season as Artistic Director.

A native of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Ms. Maki has performed with many notable groups including the Philadelphia Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, New Jersey Symphony, and Vienna Philharmonic.

Rachel Maki holds a Bachelor of Music Education from Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan and a Master of Music in Music Education from Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey. While at Westminster Choir College, she studied conducting with Dr. James Jordan and voice with Robin Leigh Massie.