Rachel J. Begley is a professional

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and

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virtuoso from England, now based in

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, United States. She has performed and interacted with many of the leading recorder players of this generation, including the

Flanders Recorder Quartet The Flanders Recorder Quartet was a professional recorder group based in Belgium. History The group initially formed in 1987 and became more well known upon winning the 1990 competition Musica Antiqua Bruges, Belgium. Active members *Bart Spanho ...

. She is a founding member of the New Amsterdam Recorder Trio ( NewART) and Sympatica. She has performed as a soloist at the

Boston Early Music Festival The Boston Early Music Festival (BEMF) is a non-profit organization founded in 1980 in Boston, Massachusetts, to promote historical music performance. It arranges an annual Boston and New York City concert series, produces opera recordings, and ...

and the Berkeley Early Music Festival.

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American recorder players British recorder players Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Stony Brook University alumni American women flautists Women recorder players {{US-woodwind-musician-stub