2026 EVENTS
January 26-30, 2026 • Residency at Lyndon Institute
EK Duo leads improvisation clinics with the LI Jazz Ensemble
January 30-February 1, 2026 • Little Shop of Horrors
Lyndon Institute Performing Arts
Friday, January 30th at 7 pm
Saturday, January 31st at 7 pm
Sunday, February 1st at 2 pm
Lyndon Institute Auditorium
Lyndon Center, VT
info >
February 3, 2026 @ 7-8 pm
STRUM CLUB // Acoustic Music Gathering
First Tuesdays, October 7 — March 3
York Street Meeting House
Lyndon, VT
FREE community event sponsored by Catamount Arts
March 3, 2026 @ 7-8 pm
STRUM CLUB // Acoustic Music Gathering
First Tuesdays, October 7 — March 3
York Street Meeting House
Lyndon, VT
FREE community event sponsored by Catamount Arts
March 22, 2026 @ 7:30 PM
Andrea Clearfield’s 39th Interdisciplinary SZALON
Live Salon Concert & simulcast on Zoom
7 PM doors / 7:30 PM show
Philadelphia, PA
with Tom Burnett, spoken word and keys
program & performers >
ekduo.com
JUNE 8-14, 2026 • NewBassoon Institute
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC
2026 NewBassoon Performance Competition >
Apply now at newbassoon.org >
JUNE 26-28, 2026 • Easton Chamber Music Festival
Easton, Massachusetts
eastonchambermusicfestival.org
EK Duo Live at ShapeShifter Lab, Brooklyn, NYC
Performing “Mad Rush” by Philip Glass
EK Duo livestream
“Song of the Eldar” by Thomas Kozumplik
Live from Artfarm in Accord, NY
About
Hailed as "one of the sharpest executors of new-music currently on the scene" (WQXR) and an "intrepid bassoonist" (Time Out New York), Rachael Elliott explores compelling new directions as a bassoon soloist and chamber artist.
A versatile performer who is active in classical, new music, improvised and rock/pop settings, Rachael Elliott is best known as a founding member of the genre-bending new music group, Clogs.
CALENDAR of events
2026
January 6, 2026 @ 7-8 pm
STRUM CLUB // Acoustic Music Gathering
First Tuesdays, October 7 — March 3
York Street Meeting House
Lyndon, VT
FREE community event sponsored by Catamount Arts
2025
December 6, 2026 • EK Duo with Tom Burnett
MSFS Records Open Studio
Brooklyn, NY
ekduo.com
November 16, 2025 • Rachael Elliott and TwoToesTiger
Barton United Church at 3 PM
15 S Glover St, Barton, VT
presented by EK Arts
reception with the artists to follow
November 4, 2025 @ 7-8 pm
STRUM CLUB // Acoustic Music Gathering
First Tuesdays, October 7 — March 3
York Street Meeting House
Lyndon, VT
FREE community event sponsored by Catamount Arts
October 10-12, 2025
EK Duo residency at Artfarm Recording
Accord, NY
sponsored by EK Arts
October 7, 2025 @ 7-8 pm
STRUM CLUB // Acoustic Music Gathering
First Tuesdays, October 7 — March 3
York Street Meeting House
Lyndon, VT
FREE community event sponsored by Catamount Arts
September 7, 2025 • EK Duo feat. Katie Oprea, oboe and Matthew Elliott, guitar/voice
York Street Meeting House
Lyndon, VT
presented by Catamount Arts
August 24, 2025 • Heliand feat. Mary Rowell and Thomas Kozumplik
City Hall Park
Burlington, VT
Sponsored by BCA
For earlier performances, visit Past Events >
COACHING CORNER
What are you yearning for?
What motivates you?
And what holds you back from achieving your dreams?
I coach musicians, creatives and others who are seeking change and growth
Life coaching offers you a deeply personal and confidential space in which to explore your motivations, patterns of thought, and to recognize roadblocks that are getting in your way.
Your body and breath connect you to your inner purpose and deepest-rooted passions. Through coaching, you’ll develop internal awareness and achieve deeper fulfillment as you move forward with confidence and purpose.
Curious to learn more?
Schedule a complimentary coaching session >
rachael [at] clogsmusic [dot] com
RACHAEL ELLIOTT • LIFE COACH, PERFORMANCE COACH
Photo by Val Elliott
EK Arts supports new music through concerts, tours, recordings and educational events with an emphasis on providing funding for the creation and production of new art music by composers of our time.
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T H A N K Y O U ! G O O D K H A R M A !
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Soundcloud BASSOONPROJECT > Youtube @BASSOONPROJECT >
The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton
Brassland
Polka the Elk
Music Starts From Silence
Polka the Elk
Music Starts From Silence
EK Duo at the Artfarm (NY)
“Get It!” by Gene Koshinski
video by Tom Burnett
excerpt from Michael Gordon’s Rushes
Rushes Ensemble, world premiere at EMPAC
Padma Newsome’s “Fort Greene” (2021)
commissioned and premiered by Rachael Elliott
Live from Longy, Sept. 18, 2021
Fang Man’s “Lament” (2017), poem by Jie Guo, after Dalang’s Lament
Live from Longy, Sept. 18, 2021
Padma Newsome’s “Spider Kites” (2021) commissioned and premiered by Rachael Elliott
Live from Longy, Sept. 18, 2021
Padma Newsome’s “Polka the Elk” featuring Rachael Elliott and Janet Polk, bassoons and Bill Solomon, vibraphone & percussion
Tawnie Olson’s “Perfectly Logical” (2021), commissioned and premiered by Rachael Elliott
2021 recipient of a "50 for 50" commissioning grant from the International Double Reed Society
Live from Longy, Sept. 18, 2021
Dark in the Song performing “Milky Slicks” by Chiel Meijering. Utter bassoon madness of the best sort. (Is there any other sort?)
Alex Kotch’s Techno Music for Bassoon and Electronica
premiered by Rachael Elliott
Padma Newsome’s Trunk Proud
Rachael Elliott with Collegium Musicum Jülich
Cocodrillo, by Padma Newsome
Bassoon@Home2021
Projects
The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton
Clogs
The Australian-American quartet features composer and multi-instrumentalist Padma Newsome, guitarist and composer Bryce Dessner, percussionist Thomas Kozumplik and bassoonist Rachael Elliott. With an artful blend of folk, classical and rock influences along with improvisation, Clogs has charted new territories in chamber music. The quartet has toured widely across the United States, Europe, the United Kingdom, and Australia, with appearances ranging from the Bar Fly to the Barbican Centre, and points between.
EK Duo by Katie Oprea
EK Duo
Bassoonist Rachael Elliott and percussionist Thomas Kozumplik are longtime collaborators and founding members of the alt-classical group, Clogs. They’ve performed on stages ranging from the Sydney Festival to BAM, from Big Ears to the Knitting Factory, from London Jazz Festival to Amoeba Music, and points between. EK Duo grew out of their shared passion for chamber music, improvisation, groove, and sound exploration. They perform haunting avant-chamber music with folkloric, minimalist and electronic elements colored by the steel drum, kalimba, reedy bassoon and more.
Performing Terry Riley’s “In C” at the 2024 NewBassoon Institute
NewBassoon Institute
June 8 - 14, 2026
appalachian state University in Boone, nc
Join us in June for a weeklong immersion in contemporary bassoon performance!
Each summer the NewBassoon Institute brings together bassoonists college-age and beyond to engage deeply with the instrument’s contemporary repertoire and practice, guided by faculty who are leaders in the field of modern bassoon performance and teaching.
APPLY NOW > (March 1st deadline)
NewBassoon Performance Competition > (March 1st deadline)
Rushes Ensemble by Michel Marang
Rushes Ensemble
The all-star septet is the leading interpreter of Michael Gordon’s “Rushes” which they premiered in 2012 at EMPAC in Troy, New York. Their premiere recording of the work was released in 2014 by Cantaloupe Records.
Rushes Ensemble has appeared throughout Europe and North America at venues including November Music, Korzo Theater and GLOW Festival in the Netherlands; Surround Festival in Brugge, Belgium; Vancouver New Music Festival; Duke Performances; Oz Arts in Nashville; Big Ears in Knoxville; and National Sawdust and Park Avenue Armory in New York.
Rushes Ensemble EPK > (Press Kit & Booking Info for Presenters)
Tuple by Graham Saathoff
Tuple
We like weird! Tuple (pronounced “tuh-pl” or “too-pl,” depending on whom you’re speaking with) is comprised of bassoonists Rachael Elliott and Lynn Hileman. Our debut album, Darker Things, was released by Bright Shiny Things in 2019.
Conversation with Tuple on BST >
music lessons & ensemble coaching
Lessons offered:
- bassoon
- beginning flute, clarinet, saxophone & piano
- Music theory and note-reading skills
- improvisation workshops
- chamber music coaching
- ensemble & band coaching
- PERFORMANCE COACHING
I enjoy teaching students and ensembles from youth through college ages, as well as adult chamber musicians. Lessons are tailored to support your musical and stylistic interests, whether it be classical music, new music, folk, rock, jazz or other.
Current teaching:
NewBassoon Institute at Appalachian State in Boone, NC
bassoon faculty and co-director
Easton Chamber Music Festival in Easton, MA
bassoon faculty and chamber music coach
Lyndon Institute High School in Lyndon, VT
Private studio in Lyndon, VT
I live in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, where I maintain a studio of private students. If you are interested in studying music with me, please be in touch!
for lessons or chamber music coachings:
rachael [at] clogsmusic [dot] com
photo by Margaret Michael Photography
Rachael’s previous artist faculty positions:
Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
Duke University, Durham, NC
Kinhaven School of Music in Weston, VT (senior session)
