Composer and flutist, Rachel Beetz considers sound as touch. She is particularly influenced by her surroundings, including the sounds of machines, fans, and water, history, objects, and interpersonal collaboration. Her music “suggests the action of supernatural entities,” (The Quietus), while also being a “soundtrack for a cooking show turned film noir” (Best of Experimental Bandcamp). Beetz’s sound projects have taken her from a sunless winter fjord, to empty grain bins of the American Midwest, and also into your kitchen. As a flutist, Rachel Beetz plays “elegantly” (Washington Post) while “evoking the roar of prehistoric animals” (San Diego Union Tribune). She primarily performs music by living composers and works from the last century. She is a member of the group Wild Up, Modern Current Ensemble, and Wasteland Music. You can hear her performances on Blue Griffin, One Sound Object, Orenda, Outside Time, iikki, Neuma, in addition Populist records where she is a co-director alongside Andrew McIntosh and Andrew Tholl.