Meet Rachel Wind
Degrees and Experience
- M. M., Vocal Performance (The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)
- B. A. Bible/Music, Vocal Performance (Northwestern College, MN)
Biography and Professional Achievements
Rachel Wind, soprano, serves as Affiliate Voice Faculty in the School of Music at Colorado Christian University. A dedicated educator for over 25 years, Rachel provides studio voice instruction grounded in healthy technique, sound vocal mechanics, and expressive performance, using both classic and contemporary vocal literature. Her professional background includes Don Giovanni, La Traviata, Le Nozze Di Figaro, Carmen, and others with the Kentucky Opera Chorus, as well as Verdi’s Requiem, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, Bach’s B Minor Mass, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, and others with the Minnesota Chorale, the premier choral ensemble of the Minnesota Orchestra. Rachel has also enjoyed joining in with the CCU University Choir and Orchestra on occasion, most recently for the Brahms Requiem. With a personal interest in the operatic art form, she will offer a course in Fall 2026 exploring that genre, entitled “High Notes and Heartbreak: Discovering Opera.”
Rachel’s passion for teaching shines through whether teaching beginners, voice majors, or her own five daughters whom she has homeschooled since 2009, with three of them now graduated from high school and moved into adulthood. She began her journey with homeschooling while serving alongside her husband, John, in mainland China for 8 years. Her husband also serves CCU as Associate Professor of Theology, having joined the faculty in 2015.
Professional Membership
- National Association of Teachers of Singing
Faith and Learning
Rachel believes that anyone can learn to sing and that singing is a fundamental response of the Christian in worship of the Lord. Gaining skill in singing is a blessing to the individual believer but also to the life and culture of the church. She hopes that students will enjoy voice lessons both as a means of personal enrichment and a way to edify the body of Christ.