Dr. Rachel Allen is a trumpet performer and music educator from San Diego, California. She currently serves as second trumpet with the Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera and has performed with the San Diego Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Quad Cities Symphony, and Flagstaff Symphony. She can be heard regularly as a member of Pacific Sound Brass as well as on Decca Records’ Hysteresis with the San Diego New Music Ensemble. Rachel holds a Bachelor of Music from the Oberlin Conservatory, Master or Music from McGill University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of California San Diego. She is on faculty at San Diego State University.