Faculty

Kenneth Slowik, Artistic Director
Baroque Cello, Viola da Gamba

Baroque Cello, Viola da Gamba Artistic Director, Smithsonian Chamber Music Society; Axelrod Quartet; Smithsonian Consort of Viols; Castle Trio; L'Archibudelli; University of Maryland

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Michael Lynn
Recorder, Baroque Flute

Professor of Recorder and Baroque Flute at Oberlin; Principal, Apollo's Fire, ARTEK, Capriccio Musicale; publisher and founder of Early Music Facsimilies, general editor and founder of The Courant.

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Catharina Meints
Viola da Gamba, Baroque Cello

Associate Professor of Viola da Gamba and Baroque Cello at Oberlin; Oberlin Consort of Viols; Cleveland Orchestra; Case Western Reserve; founding faculty, BPI

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Marilyn McDonald
Baroque Violin

Professor of Violin at Oberlin, Axelrod Quartet; Castle Trio; Principal, Boston Baroque; artist-in-residence, Boston University

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Webb Wiggins
Harpsichord, Organ

Associate Professor of Harpsichord at Oberlin,Folger Consort; Apollo's Fire; Dryden Ensemble; Catacoustic Consort; Smithsonian Chamber Players;

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Julie Andrijeski
Violin, Baroque Dance (week 2 only)

Visiting Lecturer, Case Western Reserve University; New York State Baroque Orchestra (concert master); Apollo's Fire (principal player); The King's Noyse; Cecilia's Circle; Spiritus Collective; Madison Early Music Festival.

Mary Anne Ballard
Viola da Gamba

Oberlin Consort of Viols; Baltimore Consort; Recordings: Dorian, Classic Masters

Barry Bauguess
Trumpet

Principal, Apollo's Fire, Portland Baroque Orchestra, Magnolia Baroque Festival, Atlanta Baroque Orchestra. Owner of the Baroque Trumpet Shop

David Breitman (Week 1 only)
Clavichord, Fortepiano

Director, Oberlin Conservatory Historical Performance Program, recital partner of baritone Sanford Sylvan, Oberlin Fortepiano Trio with Elizabeth Wallfisch and Jaap ter Linden

Geoffrey Burgess (Week 1 only)
Baroque Oboe

Baroque oboe instructor, Eastman School of Music. This season appeared as soloist with The Bach Festival of Philadelphia , Folger Consort, Dallas Bach Society, in recital with Julianne Baird and Pegasus Ensemble (Rochester, NY), and in productions with Ensemble Rebel, Concert Royal (New York), Houston Bach Society, Mercury Baroque and The Baroque Band (Chicago)

Marc Destrubé (Week 1 only)
Baroque Violin

Co-concertmaster, Orchestra of the 18th Century; Axelrod Quartet; former director, Pacific Baroque Orchestra; guest soloist/director with Lyra Baroque, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, etc.; recordings with L'Archibudelli

Lisa Goode Crawford
Harpsichord

Emeritus, Oberlin Baroque Ensemble; Recordings: harmonia mundi france, Gasparo, Smithsonian

Max van Egmond
Baritone

Soloist in major international festivals

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Joseph Gascho
Continuo Class

Founder/director, Harmonious Blacksmith; conductor, Opera Vivente and Magnolia Baroque Festival; faculty, George Washington University

Lucas Harris
Lute, Theorbo, Baroque Guitar

Tafelmusik; New York Collegium; Seattle Baroque, Smithsonian Chamber Players, Toronto Continuo Collective

Eric Hoeprich (Week 1 only)
Historical Clarinets and Chalumeaux

Principal, Orchestra of the 18th Century (Frans Brüggen); Nachtmusique; Stadler
Trio; faculty: Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique, Royal Conservatory of Music (The Hague), Indiana University

Penelope Jensen
Soprano

Ensemble Courant; soloist with Bach Ensemble, Ars Musica, Smithsonian

Jack Mitchener (Week 1 only)
Organ

Associate Professor of Organ at Oberlin; Performances throughout the USA (including Magnolia Baroque Festival; complete organ works of Bach) and on numerous historic organs in Europe; Continuo studies with Arthur Haas and Paul O'Dette; Former member of the Eastman Collegium Musicum.

Christopher Krueger
Baroque Flute, Recorder

Principal: BEMFO, Handel & Haydn Society, Smithsonian; Boston University, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Emlyn Ngai (Week 1 only)
Baroque Violin

Violin, Chamber Music and Music History faculty, Hartt School. Adaskin String Trio; Concertmaster, Tempesta di Mare; Associate Concertmaster, Carmel Bach Festival.  Amherst Early Music; Madison Early Music Festival. 

Cynthia Roberts
Baroque Violin

University of North Texas concertmaster, Apollo's Fire, Concert Royal has performed as concertmaster for Les Arts Florissants, American Bach Soloists, New York Collegium associate concertmaster, Carmel Bach Festival performs regularly with Tafelmusik and Philharmonia Baroque, among others.

Gonzalo Ruiz
Baroque Oboe

Philharmonia, The English Concert, Sonnerie, Portland Baroque Orchestra, Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, Musica Angelica

Andrew Schwartz (Week 1 only)
Bassoon

Principal Bassoon: Handel & Haydn Society, Boston Baroque, New York Collegium, The American Classical Orchestra, Concert Royal, Rebel, Washington Bach Consort, Musica Angelica

Jane Starkman
Baroque Violin, Viola

Aston Magna; Boston University; The King's Noyse; Orpheus Trio; Handel & Haydn Society

Paige Whitley-Bauguess (Week 1 only)
Baroque Dance

Performances, masterclasses, lectures, and stage direction in Hong Kong, Japan, Canada, and the US; educational DVD producer; co-director Baroque Arts Project; East Coast Baroque Dance Workshop at Rutgers; ex-faculty of the Stanford Baroque Dance Workshop

Nancy Zylstra
Voice

Belladonna, Kings Noyse, Newberry Consort, Piffaro, Chatham Baroque, Tempesta di Mare