Rachel Rambach

Rachel Rambach was born on June 5, 1983 in Springfield, Illinois. Throughout her childhood and adolescence, she kept herself busy with school, music lessons, and community theater. Upon graduation from Springfield High School in 2001, Rachel made the decision to pursue a degree in vocal performance from Rollins College, a small liberal arts school in Winter Park, Florida.

While studying at Rollins, Rachel pledged Kappa Delta sorority and was a member of several vocal ensembles. She graduated in two and a half years (December 2003) and moved back to Illinois to attend Illinois State University. Two years later, she graduated with a masters degree in music therapy and moved back to Springfield to take a job as the first music therapist at the Hope Institute for Children and Families.

Rachel teaches private voice, guitar, and piano lessons as well as providing music therapy to children in the community. She has also provided services to families at The Autism Program. Rachel has been featured in Springfield's Own Magazine, Illinois Issues, and Me Magazine for her work in the music therapy field. She writes a blog called Listen & Learn Music, a collection of the music therapy songs she's written.

Rachel met her husband, Zach, in the sixth grade (when they briefly "dated") and reconnected with him on her 21st birthday. They have been together ever since, and were married on August 8, 2008. After a honeymoon on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, they returned to Springfield where they own a home. Zach is a sales and service agent with AAA Insurance.

Zach has been Rachel's #1 fan for the past four years, and just recently has taken on the role of promoter and manager (or so he likes to think). He takes credit for filling the seats at Rachel's first gig in downtown Springfield at The Alamo, a feat that will, with any luck, be repeated time and time again.

Rachel describes her sound as a country-pop-folk hybrid, and performs covers by current artists such as Carrie Underwood, Jason Mraz, Sheryl Crow, and Tracy Chapman. She has a slowly-growing collection of original songs which fall into those overlapping genres.

Keep up with Rachel's blog for the latest news and information.

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