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Rachel Wilhelm

Rachel Wilhelm
Image courtesy of Rachel Wilhelm
Short Name: Rachel Wilhelm
Full Name: Wilhelm, Rachel
Birth Year: 1977

Rachel is a singer-songwriter in Nashville, TN. She was born in Toledo, OH (1977) and raised in southern California. She writes laments, songs from Scripture, and church music. She holds a master's degree in worship studies (2025) from Institute for Worship Studies, Jacksonville, FL. Her discography includes A Kindling Glance (2016), Songs of Lament (2017), Requiem (2021), Mystery Canticles (2022) and Jeremiah (2023). She is the vice president of arts organization United Adoration (UA) where she encourages grassroots songwriting in the local church around the world. Her first inclusion in a hymnal was Hymns & Devotions for Daily Worship (2024), which contains three of her tunes.

https://rachelwilhelm1.bandcamp.com/

—R.W.


TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Tunes by Rachel Wilhelm (3)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
HAVE MERCY (Wilhelm)Rachel Wilhelm (Composer)171711 765
IN PARADISUM (Wilhelm)Rachel Wilhelm (Composer)132113 5656
REJOICE BELIEVERSRachel Wilhelm (Composer)111564 3432
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