Rachel Bearinger

Rachel Bearinger is an educator, guitarist, trumpeter, and songwriter. In teaching, she is guided by the philosophy that students are most motivated when they can work on music that they are genuinely excited about while building strong fundamentals and lifelong musicianship skills.

Rachel first picked up guitar and piano at eight years old, and has since performed with various groups across the Midwest U.S., as well as in New York City, London, England, and southern Brazil. Her work is rooted in classical and jazz music, but expands to the folk, classic rock, pop, and theater genres. Currently, she performs her original music as a singer-songwriter and plays guitar and sings in the Twin Cities-based bluegrass/folk outfit St. Rangers.

Rachel is a graduate of the University of Northern Iowa’s instrumental music education program and is an inductee of Pi Kappa Lambda, the national music honor society.

Rachel has been honing her skills as an online teacher for nearly a decade. Lessons with Rachel are productive, thorough, and sequenced. Students can expect material delivered with clarity and feedback given with honesty and patience. Technical challenges are met with thoughtful solutions broken down to their simplest elements to create the most viable paths to success. Through these processes, Rachel's goal is to make her students feel confident in their musical expression.