Rachel Messing

Rachel Messing is an oboist and educator with a multifaceted career spanning orchestral, solo, chamber and historical performance. Prior to joining UNCSA, she was Associate Professor of Oboe and Music History at Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi and performed regularly as English hornist with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra. 

Messing has played with the San Antonio Philharmonic, Phoenix Symphony, Tucson Symphony, Corpus Christi Symphony and more. She is also a passionate chamber musician and founding member of Plumeria Winds and Bayview Winds. A committed pedagogue and mentor, she has led masterclasses nationwide and integrates historical context, theory and performance practice into her teaching.

While I strive to help students find a warm, balanced,and controlled oboe sound, my style of teaching encourages students to take risks and push artistic boundaries with their musicality and aesthetic.

Rachel Messing

Career Highlights

• Associate Professor of Oboe and Music History, Texas A&M–Corpus Christi
• English hornist with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra.
• Founding member of chamber ensembles Plumeria Winds and Bayview Winds
• Featured soloist with orchestras and wind ensembles across the U.S.
• Presenter and performer at the International Double Reed Society Conference, ClarinetFest, and RioWinds in Brazil.
• Lecturer and masterclass clinician at universities nationwide, including ASU, the University of Arizona, Oberlin University, the University of Maryland and Sam Houston State University.
• Learning historical performance on the Baroque oboe and traveling abroad for continued study.

Organizations

• Member, Historical Performance Committee, International Double Reed Society
• Frequent instructor, Bocal Majority Double Reed Camps