Rachel Goodwin, Artistic Director

 A pioneer in the chamber music landscape, Rachel Goodwin recently founded and serves as Artistic Director of Convergence Ensemble. Previously, Goodwin had founded and served as Artistic Director of Ashmont Hill Chamber Music, an urban and grassroots supported chamber music series based in Dorchester, MA, for nearly three decades. Together with a core group of musicians with connections to some of Boston’s finest musical institutions she has designed, implemented, and performed in concerts hailed by the press for their “gutsy, risk-taking programming” (Patriot Ledger). She is pleased to continue collaborating with these musicians, as Artistic Director and member of Convergence Ensemble.

Goodwin’s work as Artistic Director and performer has been recognized by three awards from the National Endowment for the Arts and nearly continuous funding from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, as well as by the City of Boston, which named her an Artist/Humanist Fellow in 2002. She also addressed the 25th Annual Conference of Chamber Music America on “Creating Your Own Concert Series”.

Contact: rachel@convergenceensemble.org