Rachel Brown

Rachel Brown is a leading historical flute professor at the Royal College of Music (RCM) in London, renowned for her expertise in modern and historical flutes and recorders. She holds prominent roles with ensembles such as the Academy of Ancient Music, King’s Consort, and London Handel Players, performing concertos across Europe, America, Canada, and Japan. Recent performances include Telemann concertos at London’s Wigmore Hall and Mozart’s D major Flute Concerto with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

• Academy of Ancient Music (Principal Flute & Recorder)
• London Handel Players (Concerto Performer)
• Royal College of Music (Professor of Baroque Flute)

Her solo recordings span French Baroque music, Quantz sonatas, and Schubert/Boehm works, with acclaimed discs of Handel’s trio sonatas and 18th-century operatic arrangements. She authored The Early Flute (Cambridge) and contributed cadenzas to the Bärenreiter edition of Mozart’s flute concertos.

Teaching & Outreach: Rachel is celebrated for her pedagogy, offering masterclasses globally in the USA, Canada, Sweden, Poland, Spain, Holland, Belgium, and New Zealand.

• Former faculty member at the Royal Northern College of Music
• Active in educational exchanges and historical performance workshops