Rachel Messing is the Assistant Professor of Oboe and Music History at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and English hornist with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra. As a passionate freelancer, she has had the opportunity to play with orchestras like the Phoenix Symphony, Tucson Symphony, San Antonio Philharmonic, Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra, and True Concord Voices and Orchestra to name a few. Messing enjoys engaging with young musicians by sharing her love for music through performances and masterclasses at colleges across the country. She also sells oboe and English horn reeds nationwide. As a chamber musician, her performances include several international festivals and conferences. Messing completed her doctorate at Arizona State University with Professor Martin Schuring, Master of Music degree from Southern Methodist University under the study of Erin Hannigan and received her Bachelor of Music from Oberlin Conservatory, where she studied with Alex Klein and Robert Walters.