Raquel H. Rodriquez is the instructor of trumpet and coordinator of brass studies at Washburn University in Topeka, KS. She has served on the faculties of Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Brookhaven College, Tarrant County College, and the University of North Texas.

As an orchestral musician, Ms. Rodriquez has performed with the Irving, Plano, and Richardson Symphony Orchestras, Chamber Orchestra of Denton, Amarillo Symphony Orchestra, Aspen Festival Orchestra, and the Denton Bach Society. In 2002, Ms. Rodriquez performed Henri Tomasi’s Concerto for Trumpet with the University of North Texas Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Anshel Brusilow.

As a chamber musician she has performed with a variety of ensembles including baroque chamber orchestras, brass ensembles, and jazz ensembles. She was a member of Brass Theater, a brass and percussion ensemble, which toured with the renowned Canadian Brass. She has performed in the Hollywood Bowl, Tanglewood, Wolf Trap, Interlochen, Blossom, Ravinia, and the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center.

She recorded a CD with the Canadian Brass (Brass Theater II) as well as a PBS special that was nationally aired in 1996. In the summer of 1998, she performed with this group in Missouri's largest live performance theatre, the Grand Palace in Branson, MO.

Other credits include the Amarillo Little Theater, Amarillo Jazz Orchestra, Blast!, and was the trumpet soloist in TEXAS, an outdoor musical in the Palo Duro Canyon State Park. Ms. Rodriquez received her BM and MA degrees from West Texas A&M University and is currently a DMA candidate in trumpet performance at the University of North Texas.

For information on trumpet/brass studies at Washburn, please send email to Ms. Rodriquez at raquel.rodriquez@washburn.edu