Biography:Folk Rock Bio Rachel currently studies voice with Sue Govali and Ruth Rainero. She performs with her husband, keyboard player Michael Gallant. The duo plans to release their first album together in Summer 2010. Orchestra Bio A trained singer and long-time classical music fan, Rachel Rossos began her orchestra management career in 2002 with The New York Pops orchestra, under the direction of Founder and Music Director Skitch Henderson. Four years later, Ms. Rossos relocated to the west coast where, after a brief period of event planning and fundraising for UC Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law, she returned to the world of music as Marketing and Public Relations Director for the New Century Chamber Orchestra in San Francisco. In 2008, Ms. Rossos was promoted to Director of Development and Marketing, a position that has her overseeing both contributed and earned income for the orchestra. Later that year, she was admitted to the second class of the League of American Orchestras Executive Leadership Program, a two year program that focuses on professional development of the next generation of leaders in orchestra management. Ms. Rossos received her B.A. in Music from Columbia University, where she studied with award-winning composers Sebastian Currier and Tristan Murail. She independently released a CD of original folk songs in October 2004. Ms. Rossos orchestrated Endingness by Mexican artist Pablo Helguera for a performance under the baton of Alondra de la Parra at an art opening in April 2005 and she performed in the New York Pops Festival chorus at New York City’s Bryant Park as part of the Macy’s 4th of July Spectacular on NBC-TV in July 2005. She currently studies classical voice with Ruth Rainero. An avid writer as well, Ms. Rossos has contributed to the international music magazine Keyboard, most recently creating a tribute to Karlheinz Stockhausen. Ms. Rossos lives in San Francisco with her husband, Michael Gallant, and her cat, Eric Clapton.
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