Rachel Stoddard
Missouri Training Choir Director

Rachel Stoddard is the junior high and high school choral director at Scottsdale Christian Academy in Phoenix. She began her position there in 1995 and currently conducts five choirs and teaches class piano and guitar.

She was raised in Minneapolis, received a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, PA and a Master of Music Education degree from Arizona State University. She recently joined the Phoenix Boys Choir as the director of the Missouri Training Choir.

Rachel is a member of The Music Educator’s National Conference, The Arizona Music Educator’s Association and The American Choral Director’s Association. Performance experiences include singing with the Phoenix Symphony Chorus, the Valley Chamber Chorale and as a festival voice with The Phoenix Bach Choir. She also enjoys musical theater and has served as the vocal coach/music director for dozens of musicals and has performed at The Stagebrush Theater, Theaterworks, MVP Theater and The Phoenix Theater.

In her free time, Rachel enjoys traveling and spending time with husband Mark and sons Philip, Stephen, and Zachary.