Gregor Kitzis

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Violin I

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  • Orchestra of St. Luke’s, since 1986
  • Premiered and recorded two violin concertos (CRS Records), 2019-2020
  • Musical saw soloist with Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Long Island Philharmonic, NY Chamber Players, 2013-2017
  • String contractor Warner/Elektra Records and Enya’s TV appearances, 1998-2002
  • Performances, recordings, composed string arrangements for David Bowie, 2001-2009
  • Founder and Director ,Oulu ska Pass Chamber Music Festival, since 1994

Edson Scheid

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Violin I

New York, NY

©Tatiana Daubek

©Tatiana Daubek

Violin: French, mid-19th century

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:

  • 2018, 2019

Recent:

  • Concertmaster, Il Pomo d’Oro and Joyce DiDonato, Atlanta, Houston, and Washington, D.C.

  • Violin, Les Arts Florissants and William Christie

  • Concertmaster, Seraphic Fire, South Florida tours

  • Album release: On Paganini’s Trail…H.W. Ernest and More, Centaur label

Upcoming:

  • Violin, Il Pomo d’Oro and Joyce DiDonato, Europe, North America, and United Arab Emirates

  • Chamber music concert, Aston Magna Music Festival

Website:
edsonscheid.com

Annie Gard

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Violin II

© Steven Godbee

© Steven Godbee

  • English Concert in America Fellow, since 2017
  • Pinchgut Opera, since 2017
  • Australian Brandenburg, since 2017
  • Australian Haydn Ensemble, since 2015
  • Eleanor Sophia Wood Bequest Travelling Scholarship, 2016
    The Albert Travelling Scholarship, 2016
  • First Class Honours, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 2014 

Chiara Fasani Stauffer

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Violin II

Locarno, Switzerland

© Lauren Desberg

© Lauren Desberg

Violin: Frantisek Kolar, Brtev, Czech Republic, 1906

Classical bow: Eduardo Gorr, Cremona, Italy, 2020

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:

  • 2018, 2019

Recent and upcoming:

  • Concertmaster, Princeton Baroque Orchestra, Princeton Festival

  • Violin, Cramer Quartet, Art in Tune, Boston Museum of Fine Arts

  • Violin, Time Canvas, Musicivic online concerts

  • Violin, Cramer Quartet, Society for Historically Informed Performance Boston online concerts

  • Violin, Apollo’s Fire at Ravinia, Caramoor International Music Festival, Cleveland, OH

  • Violin, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

  • Violin, Seven Last Words Project, Cramer Quartet

Website:
cramerquartet.com

Hilary Metzger

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Primo violoncello al cembalo

Paris, France

Bart Vandewege

© Bart Vandewege

Violoncello: late 18th Century, Anonymous, northern Italian

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:

  • 2018, 2019

Recent and Upcoming:

  • Violoncello, L’Orchestra des Champs Elysées, Anima Eterna, Opera Fuoco

  • Residency Research Grant, Orpheus Institute, Ghent, Belgium

  • Professor of Baroque Cello and Ancient Culture, Ecole National de Musique de Villeurbanne; Pôle Supérieur in Poitiers

  • Musical Director, Orchestra Cryptonique, Paris, France

  • Fulbright Scholar, Paris, France

Website:
hilarymetzger.com

Peter Ferretti

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Primo Contrabasso al Cembalo

Berlin, Germany

© Oliver Weston

© Oliver Weston

Double Bass: William Tarr, Manchester, UK, 1835

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:

  • 2018, 2019

Recent and upcoming:

  • Double Bass, Le Concert des Nations

  • Double Bass, Die Deutscher Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

  • Double Bass, Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin

  • Double Bass, Handel & Haydn Society

  • Double Bass, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

Wen Yang

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Contrabass

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  • Solo recitals with Richard Egarr and Sarah Cunningham, The Morgan Library, 2017, 2018
  • Gamba solos in Saint Matthew and Saint John Passion, Trinity Baroque Orchestra, 2016, 2017
  • Handel and Haydn Society, since 2015
  • Trinity Baroque Orchestra, since 2011
  • Artistic Director, New York Baroque Incorporated, since 2012

Frances Duffy

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Harp

  • Debussy: Danses Sacre et Profane, Altoona Symphony, 2018
  • Second Harp, American Ballet Theatre, since 2015
  • Principal Harp, Hudson Valley Philharmonic, Allentown Symphony, Wheeling Symphony, since 2005
  • Performances with New York Philharmonic, Baltimore Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Hartford Symphony, Carnegie Hall
  • Linaria Ensemble, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Broadway shows including The Producers, Wicked, and My Fair Lady
  • Concerto appearances with Wheeling Symphony, Hudson Valley Philharmonic
  • Chamber and solo performances with Brevard Music Center, American Harp Society National Conference, and North American Saxophone Association

David Ross

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Flute, Piccolo

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  • Bach’s The Musical Offering, Washington Bach Consort, 2018

  • Telemann’s Concerto for Flute & Recorder, Trinity Wall Street Baroque Orchestra, 2019

  • Principal Flute, Bach Matthew Passion, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, 2019

  • Principal Flute, Bach Matthew Passion, The Sebastians, 2019

  • Principal Flute, Beethoven Symphony #5, Mercury, 2019

  • Complete W.F. Bach Flute Duets, Early Music New York, 2019

Website:
mrdavidLross.com

Kristin Olson

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Oboe

  • Co-Director, Grand Harmonie, 2012-2018

  • Co-Artistic Director, Mount Sinai Concerts for Patients, since 2015

  • Guest masterclass teaching appearances at Princeton University, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Washington, California Institute of the Arts

  • Mercury, since 2014

  • Trinity Baroque Orchestra, since 2011

  • Concerto appearances with Boulder Bach Festival, Pacific Baroque Festival, University of Washington

  • Juilliard Arts Entrepreneurship Grant, 2012

Thomas Carroll

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Clarinet, principal

Boston, MA

© Teddie Hwang

© Teddie Hwang

Clarinets in Bb/A/C: after Theodor Lotz, Vienna ca 1788 by Thomas Carroll, Boston, 2021

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:

  • 2019, 2020

Recent and upcoming:

  • Principal Clarinet, Mercury Baroque Orchestra - since 2010

  • Principal Clarinet, L’Arte del Mondo, Köln, Germany - since 2016

  • Principal Clarinet, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra - since 2021

  • Clarinet, Handel and Haydn Society - since 2014

  • Clarinet, Boston Baroque - since 2015

  • Instrument builder and musicologist

Website:
carrollclarinet.com

Nate Helgeson

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Bassoon, principal

Salem, OR

Tatiana Daubek

© Tatiana Daubek

Bassoon: Guntram Wolf, after Heinrich Grenser, Dresden, ca. 1800

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:

  • 2018, 2019

Recent and upcoming:

  • Vivaldi: Concerto in Eb Major, Mercury Chamber Orchestra

  • Lecturer/instructor, Bozeman Period Performance Workshop

  • Guest Director, Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra