Rachel Brown studied with Trevor Wye at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. She won numerous awards, including the first place at the American National Flute Association’s Young Artist Competition in Chicago in 1984. By studying the baroque flute with renowned flutists Lisa Beznosiuk and Stephen Preston, Brown specialized in historical performance practice of baroque music. As the first flutist of numerous ensembles (Academy of Ancient Music, the Hanover Band, the Brandenburg Consort, Collegium Musicum 90, Ex Cathedra etc.), she performed throughout Europe, North and South America, Asia and Australia. She won international acclaim for her recordings of Telemann, J.S., C.P.E and J.C. Bach, Händel, Vivaldi, Mozart, Quantz and Leclair. Rachel Brown is a founder member and soloist with the London Handel Players, an ensemble specialized in baroque chamber music. She gave first performances of works by several contemporary composers, such as Robin Walker, John Ogden, Judith Weir and Barry Guy. She founded the ProCord Chamber Music School in the United Kingdom, held many masterclasses in the USA, Canada, Brazil, Sweden, Poland, Spain, Holland, Belgium, New Zealand and Croatia, and is currently a professor of baroque flute at the Royal College of Music in London.
Rachel Brown završila je studij flaute na Royal College of Music u Manchesteru, u klasi Trevora Wyea. Dobitnica je brojnih nagrada, uključujući i prvo mjesto na natjecanju Young Artist američke nacionalne udruge flautista u Chicagu 1984. godine. Studijem barokne flaute s renomiranim flautistima Lisom Beznosiuk i Stephenom Prestonom, Brown se specijalizirala za povijesno osviještene izvedbe barokne glazbe. Kao prva flautistica brojnih ansambala (Academy of Ancient Music, the Hanover Band, the Brandenburg Consort, Collegium Musicum 90, Ex Cathedra i dr.), nastupila je diljem Europe, Sjeverne i Južne Amerike, Azija i Australije. Među snimljenim izdanjima, ističu se njezine izvedbe djela Telemanna, J.S., C.P.E i J.C Bacha, Händela, Vivaldija, Mozarta, Quantza i Leclaira. Osnivačica je i stalna članica ansambla London Händel Players, specijaliziranog za izvođenje barokne komorne glazbe. Praizvela je i nekolicinu glazbenih djela skladatelja kao što su Robin Walker, John Ogden, Judith Weir i Barry Guy. Osnovala je glazbenu školu komorne glazbe ProCorda u Ujedinjenom Kraljevstvu, održala velik broj majstorskih tečajeva u SAD-u, Kanadi, Brazilu, Švedskoj, Poljskoj, Španjolskoj, Nizozemskoj, Belgiji, Novom Zelandu i Hrvatskoj, a trenutno predaje baroknu flautu na Royal College of Music u Londonu.