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Rachel pays homage to the sound of the guitar in a number of different ways. She’ll play a centerpiece of the classical guitar repertoire: "Balada Española (Romance)," in a violin arrangement created for Rachel by Jesús Florido, Next, she'll demonstrate how the violin can strum with the old country blues standard Carroll County Blues, in a version by Matt Brown. Then it’s time to ROCK as Rachel plays Paganini's Caprice No. 5, a quintessential caprice beloved by rock guitarists, and also “Thrash,” by Philip Pan, which was composed for Rachel.

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Rachel celebrates her musical hero, Maud Powell, America’s first internationally renowned violinist, whose artistry and values continue to inspire Rachel as an artist and a citizen. Rachel will play two of Powell's arrangements, “Deep River,” by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and “Nobody Knows the Trouble I See,” by J. Rosamond Johnson, as well as “Caprice on Dixie” by Herman Bellstedt, written for Maud Powell's tours as soloist with the Sousa Band.