Rachel Davis

Author's details

Name: Rachel Davis
Date registered: July 15, 2011

Biography

Rachel grew up in a musical family. She was started singing and playing piano at an early age. In fifth grade, she began playing the violin in the school orchestra. It wasn't long, however, before she fell in love with the sound of the cello. Cello has since been her favorite instrument to play. Growing up in Portland, OR provided many opportunities for musical growth. Rachel participated in local groups like the Metropolitan Youth Symphony and the Portland Youth Philharmonic. After earning her Bachelor's of Music from Berry College, in Rome, GA, she moved back to the Northwest where she currently plays for the Willamette Falls Symphony, Willamette Falls Trio and the indie rock band, Capraesque.

Latest posts

  1. OCS Scholarship Auditions — April 26, 2012
  2. Stradivarius in the Attic? — April 23, 2012
  3. Roses are Red…WINNER — February 15, 2012
  4. Roses are Red… — February 1, 2012
  5. Playing While Pregnant — January 19, 2012

Most commented posts

  1. Mozart vs. Beethoven — 3 comments
  2. Roses are Red… — 2 comments
  3. Playing While Pregnant — 1 comment

Author's posts listings

Apr 26

OCS Scholarship Auditions

This past Sunday, April 22, the Oregon Cello Society held their annual scholarship auditions.  The auditions were open to students in Oregon and SW Washington.  The OCS auditions have several divisions and levels for students to participate in with awards at each level.  The major award that the students were vying for was the Bud …

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Apr 23

Stradivarius in the Attic?

So you’re at Grandpa’s house helping him clean out his attic.  While cleaning, you stumble across a dusty trunk and inside you find some old books, a quilt, and a violin.  At first, it doesn’t look like much, the bridge is missing and who knows the last time the strings were changes.  But wait!  Something …

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Feb 15

Roses are Red…WINNER

This year, we decided to do a mini-contest for Valentine’s Day.  The contest was simple, anyone who wanted to participate just had to post a poem on the wall of our Facebook page to enter.  The winner would be selected the day after Valentine’s Day. Well, that day is today!  After looking at all the …

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Feb 01

Roses are Red…

Roses are Red… We are trying to get into the Valentine’s spirit here are Kennedy Violins by writing a lovely little poem about how much we love violins, violas, cellos, and music but, we have writer’s block!  Maybe you can help. Submit a Valentine’s Day poem to our facebook page!  We’d love to hear your sonnets, …

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Jan 19

Playing While Pregnant

When I found out this last summer that I was pregnant with my first child, I knew that I would have to make adjustments to my everyday life.  I wasn’t sure exactly what all of those would be since  I had never been a mom before.  Luckily, there is a lot of information available online …

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Dec 02

Gifts That Will be Music to You (or your loved ones) Ears…

In case you haven’t noticed, the Holiday season is upon us and for many families out there that means exchanging gifts of some kind.  If you read this blog, I assume that you or someone close to you is a string musician.  So, what do you buy for a musician and where do you get …

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Oct 21

Ensembles Large and Small: Try Them All!

At Kennedy Violins, we all participate locally in performance groups and some of us are soloists.  I can only speak for myself though.  I am a huge fan of ensembles.  The elementary school that I went to offered a strings class to 5th and 6th graders.  I was excited to play the violin and then …

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Oct 17

Review Contest WINNER Announced!!!

Hi There, Wow, what a response we had to our most recent contest!  We had the most participants in a contest to date, but there can be only one…winner that is.  All the reviews posted between 9/15/11 and 10/15/11 were eligible and the people that posted them were entered in the drawing for a $300 …

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Sep 15

New Contest! We want your Reviews!

Hi There, Thanks to all those that participated in our Back To School Contest last month. It’s now time for a new one! Our customers are great. They always call or e-mail us to let us know how they are enjoying their instruments. We usually get a phone call, an e-mail, and the occasional Facebook …

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Sep 06

Back to School Photo Contest Winners!

About a month ago, here at Kennedy Violins, we announced our first ever Back to School Photo Contest.  It was great getting to see picture from some of our wonderful customers and even some new friends.  Yesterday the contest came to a close and we are pleased to announce a winner.  But first, some honorable …

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