Cynthia Freivogel, Violin.

Cynthia Freivogel, Violin.

Cynthia Miller Freivogel received a BA in musicology at Yale University and an MM in violin performance at the San Francisco Conservatory. In addition to being the leader and concertmaster of the Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado, Ms. Freivogel plays with Brandywine Baroque in Wilmington, Delaware, and is a tenured member of Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, based in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. She is a founding member and second violinist of the Novello Quartet, which is dedicated to the performance of the string quartets of Haydn and his contemporaries on period instruments. Ms. Freivogel frequently performs at Bay Area early-music venues with ensembles such as Magnificat, Voices of Music and American Bach Soloists, and on concert series at Old First, San Francisco Early Music Society and MusicSources. Ms. Freivogel spends summers playing violin in the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra in Boulder. She also played with the Tanglewood Music Center Fellowship Orchestra, San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival, the State Orchestra of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Apollo’s Fire, Portland Baroque, American Russian Young Artist’s Orchestra, and Amerus chamber players. Ms. Freivogel studied principally with Camilla Wicks and Marylou Speaker Churchill, and is a dedicated and certified Suzuki teacher.

“A stellar artist by any standard and the orchestra’s obvious sparkplug.” Denver Post.

Emily Dahl, Violin

Emily Dahl, Violin.

Ever since her first teacher used her as a guinea pig to develop the books Jazz Improvisation Made Easy, Emily Dahl has been eager to explore the diverse repertoire of the violin. She was introduced to period performance during her studies with Kenneth Goldsmith and played her debut baroque concert in 2004 with Lima Triumphante as part of their United States tour showcasing Peruvian Baroque music. Choosing to specialize in historical performance, Emily spent three years in London, studying and working with many acclaimed artists within the early music field. She has been privileged to play under Rachel Podger, Masaaki Suzuki, and John Eliot Gardiner, among others. As a member of The King’s Consort she has performed in some of the finest concert halls in Europe. She holds a Bachelor of Music magna cum laude from Rice University and a Master of Music from the Royal Academy of Music.

Ben Shute, Violin.

Ben Shute, Violin.

Violinist Benjamin Shute has appeared frequently as concerto soloist and recitalist on both sides of the Atlantic, performing on historical and modern instruments. After becoming fascinated with baroque music early in his teen years, he attended the Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute, where studies with Marilyn McDonald, Cynthia Roberts and others encouraged him to pursue its possibilities further. Upon completing his undergraduate at the New England Conservatory under Masuko Ushioda, he relocated to the beautiful Black Forest of Germany to study at Musikhochschule Freiburg under Rainer Kussmaul, former first concertmaster of the Berliner Philharmoniker and founding director of the Berliner Barock Solisten. While there, he was also deeply enriched by collaborations with such early-music personalities as Robert Hill, Michael Behringer, Marieke Spaans, Gottfried von der Goltz, Bernhard Forck, Wolfram Christ, and others. As a teacher, he has served as Professor of Violin at the International Chamber Music Courses and Festival, Positano (Italy), faculty member of the Csehy Summer School of Music, guest clinician at Germany’s Black Forest Academy as well as several American schools, and teaching assistant in harmony, counterpoint, solfège, and various topics in music history at the New England Conservatory, where he is currently a doctoral candidate. Other activities include leading the period-instrument orchestra of the NEC Early Music Society, which he co-founded, and directing classical music for Citylife Church Boston, where he recently led a performance of Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons.” When not engaged in performance-related activity, he enjoys musical composition and is a published essayist.

Janet Haas, Violone.

Janet Haas, Violone.

Janet Haas performs regularly throughout New England on viola da gamba and double bass. She studied gamba with Laura Jeppesen and John Hsu, and has performed with La Donna Musicales and El Dorado ensemble. She has recorded with La Donna and the Boston Camerata. Ms. Haas teaches strings and conducts three orchestras for the Lexington, MA Public Schools. She teaches in the Music Education department at the Berklee College of Music (Boston) and is a popular coach at workshops sponsored by the Viola da Gamba Society of America and the American String Teachers Association.

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