Described as “delightful, refreshing and intelligent,”
deaf rabbit is an eclectic, genre-hopping, duo comprised of harpist Autumn Selover and violinist Rachel Peters. After regularly performing contemporary music together in Northwestern University's graduate program, Autumn and Rachel bonded over their desire to expand access to the experience of contemporary music and continue to champion an inclusive representation of living composers. Equally at home inside and outside the concert hall, deaf rabbit has performed at community centers, award shows, schools, intimate house concerts and a variety of venues all around the Midwest since forming in 2018.
meet the players
rachel peters
Rachel currently resides in Chicago, Illinois as a section violinist in the Civic Orchestra of Chicago.
Her playing has led her to perform solo and orchestral concerts across the United
States and around the world in Cambridge, Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. Rachel has appeared with a number of established ensembles including the International Contemporary Ensemble, Quad
City Symphony Orchestra, Illinois Symphony Orchestra, and more.
Passionate about music education, Rachel is also an active instructor, teaching private lessons on violin, viola, and piano.
Rachel is also an advocate for new music, and is also co-founder of the Seraphina Ensemble, a contemporary chamber music group that aims to promote the works of living composers
She has obtained degrees from University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of
Music (B.M.) and Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music (M.M.).
autumn selover
Autumn is a freelance harpist, improvisor, and music educator based in Chicago. Her work ranges from solo, traditional orchestral, and chamber to innovative works involving electronic processing, hip-hop, mixed media works, and improvisation. An advocate of new music, education, and community outreach, Autumn works with student musicians and composers from both classical and non-classical backgrounds.
Recently, she has performed with the Chicago Composers Orchestra at the Thirsty Ears Street Music Festival, and has toured with Fifth House Ensemble for a live-score performances of the video game Journey. She has appeared as a guest artist with Zafa Collective and Chicago’s premier conductorless ochestra, Unsupervised.
Autumn is also a recording artist with the Voic(ed) Project, an organization promoting new music by new, young, and underrepresented composers. She is featured on two experimental albums set for release in the fall of 2019.
Autumn holds a B.M. and M.M. in Harp Performance from Northwestern University's Bienen School of Music.