Rachel Henderson Freivogel is the founding and current cellist of the acclaimed Jasper String Quartet. Since the group’s inception in 2003, she has performed, recorded, and taught extensively, shaping the quartet’s distinctive voice and earning numerous accolades along the way. Honors include the 2024 CMA Album of the Year Award, the 2012 Cleveland Quartet Award, the 2016 Fischoff Educator Award, and top prizes at the Fischoff, Plowman, Yellow Springs, and Coleman Chamber Music Competitions.
Freivogel is a core member of the East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO), an ensemble of leading chamber musicians committed to collective music-making at the highest level.
Her discography with the Jasper Quartet spans a wide range of composers, including Caroline Shaw, Vivian Fung, Judd Greenstein, David Lang, Missy Mazzoli, Annie Gosfield, Aaron Jay Kernis, Donnacha Dennehy, as well as canonical works by Beethoven, Debussy and Schubert. She is a founder and Co-Artistic Director of Jasper Chamber Concerts, a chamber music series based in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania.