Rachel Walls

Rachel Walls

Rachel Walls is a vocalist and music educator originally from Indianapolis, Indiana. She is currently based in the Charleston, SC area. She has sung with the Taylor Festival Choir for 7 seasons and counting. She graduated Summa Cum Laude with degrees in Vocal Music Education and English Literature from Lee University and earned a Master of Education degree from the University of South Carolina. After several years of teaching music and chorus in various K-12 schools she serves on the music staff at Grace Church Cathedral in downtown Charleston. She has been featured as a soloist in various Bach cantatas, Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Nostri, The Record of John, Handel’s Messiah, and J.S. Bach’s Jesu Meine Freude.

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Where did you do your musical training?

Lee University

When did you first start performing with the TFC?

2018

What is your all-time favorite choral work?

Bach B Minor Mass

Where do you live now? And where do you call “home”?

North Charleston, SC. Indianapolis, IN

What is your favorite hobby outside of music?

Gardening

Who is your favorite singer?

Ella Fitzgerald

Who is your favorite actor?

Meryl Streep

Favorite movie or play?

The Sound of Music

What is your favorite meal?

Pasta

Who is your favorite sports team?

Good Question

Do you have a favorite TFC or “singing with Rob” anecdote?

When he sang "The Christmas Song" and accidently sang "Jack Frost roasting on an open fire" instead of "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire," or when he requested harpsichord as an accompanying instrument for the infamous "Ms. Fogarty's Christmas Cake."