Raquel King, soprano, holds a master’s in vocal performance from Wichita State and a BA from John Brown University. She has been teaching voice or singing in Northwest Arkansas and Wichita and beyond for over 20 years. She has been featured in numerous concerts, including several Bach solo cantatas, in operas including L’elisir d’amore, Hansel and Gretel, The Magic Flute, and in a premier performance of Hageman’s Nightingale and the Rose. A choral music enthusiast, she won a position in Helmuth Rilling’s Festival Choir in Germany through the International Bach Academy. As adjunct voice teacher at Har-Ber High School, Mrs. King loves preparing students for All-Region, All-State, ACDA, and college auditions, and she teaches a unit on art song to the choirs.

In Northwest Arkansas, Mrs. King presents concerts with Juilliard-trained baritone Theodore Carlson, who sang leading roles in European opera houses for over 20 years. Together they enjoy sharing with young and old the brilliance of classical composers and the beautiful possibilities for the human voice. In her lesson plan for schools, Mrs. King empowers students to choose one of four songs from the classical genre and to improve their technical and artistic skill. Students have the opportunity to interact with a real opera singer and hear singing which is beyond their musical horizon and which expands their understanding of dynamics, vocal freedom, and range.

When she isn't singing, Mrs. King is exploring the Arkansas terrain and highlighting her adventures on her Facebook and YouTube channel under the name @Natural State Tours.