Raquel Rodriquez is the Assistant Professor of Trumpet at Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights, Kentucky. At NKU, Raquel is the Coordinator of Brass Studies, teaches applied trumpet, performs with the NKU Faculty Brass, and is the director of the Trumpet Ensemble and Concert Band. She is the recipient of the University Teacher of the Year (2013-14) for District VI (KMEA). In 2013, she hosted the Ohio Chapter Meeting of the International Trumpet Guild at NKU. Raquel is honored to serve as the host of the 2014 International Women’s Brass Conference on the campus of NKU, June 4-8, 2014.
Dr. Rodriquez holds the DMA in Trumpet Performance from The University of North Texas where she studied with renowned trumpet pedagogue, Keith Johnson. She earned the MA and Bachelor’s degree in Music Education from West Texas A&M University where she studied with Mr. David Ritter. As a young trumpeter growing up in West Texas she began her trumpet studies with David Fortenberry.
Raquel is a versatile musician having appeared as a clinician, soloist, and chamber musician throughout the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and China. Raquel freelances frequently with many regional orchestras in Kentucky and Ohio and is a performing member with the Lexington Brass Band. Other performing credits include the Sunflower Music Festival Orchestra, Aspen Festival Orchestra, Kansas City Symphony, Fountain City Brass Band, Athena Brass Band, Brass Theater with the Canadian Brass, and the Tony Award winning show, Blast!. She was a performing member of the internationally known Synergy Brass Quintet in their 2008-09 national tour and performed in over 200 concerts and clinics across the nation. Dr. Rodriquez is a clinician for the Conn-Selmer and Denis Wick Companies.
Raquel has been praised for her performances on trumpet and cornet. She has been a trumpet/cornet prize-winner at NABBA (North American Brass Band Association), the US Open Brass Band Championships, the National Trumpet Competition, and the International Women’s Brass Conference.
In addition to performing, Raquel is involved in numerous aspects of the International Trumpet Guild (ITG) and International Women’s Brass Conference (IWBC). She currently serves as the Trumpet Technology editor of the quarterly ITG Journal and is the editor of the ITG Video Website. In addition, Raquel is the co-editor of the IWBC Newsletter. Raquel’s scholarly activities have resulted in articles published in the Instrumentalist Magazine and ITG Journal. Raquel recently recorded “Cincinnati Virtuosity” The Cornet Solos of Frank Simon and Herman Bellstedt with the assistance of a 2012 NKU Faculty Project Grant. The CD is available on CD Baby and iTunes.
As a teacher, she has enjoyed success in her college studio at NKU as well as with her private students who consistently earn top chairs in various district, regional and state festivals. Her students have gone on to successful careers as teachers and many have pursued advanced degrees in performance at some of the premiere graduate schools in the nation.
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