Orchestra

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

Orchestra members are listed here, grouped by instrument played. Some of our musicians perform on more than one instrument. Profiles can be viewed for many of our musicians.

Our musicians perform on instruments appropriate to the period. In some cases, the instruments are historical treasures dating from the baroque and classical eras. In other cases, the instruments have been produced by modern craftsmen working in the historical tradition. We note the makers of our musicians’ instruments.

Orchestra Members, Grouped by Instrument

Violin Family:
Violin, Viola, Violoncello, Bass

Woodwind:
Flute, Piccolo, Oboe, Recorder, Clarinet, Bassoon

Brass:
Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Ophicleide

Percussion:
Timpani

Lute Family:
Theorbo

Keyboard:
Organ, Harpsichord

Violin

About the Violin

Elizabeth Blumenstock
Andrea Guarneri, Cremona, Italy, 1660

Maria Caswell
Antoni Rief, Vils, Austria (Tyrol), 1725

Joseph Edelberg
Jacob Stainer, Absam, Austria, 1673

Jolianne von Einem
Rowland Ross, Guilford, England, 1979 (after Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, Italy)

Cynthia Freivogel
Johann Paul Schorn, Salzburg, Austria, 1715

Jubal Fulks
Anonymous maker (after Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, Italy, 1720)

Lisa Grodin
Paulo Antonio Testore, Contrada, Larga di Milano, Italy, 1736

Katherine Kyme
Johann Gottlob Pfretzichner, Mittenwald, Germany, 1791

Tyler Lewis
Anonymous maker, Brescia, Italy, c. 1580

Anthony Martin
Thomas Oliver Croen, Walnut Creek, California, 2005 (after Francesco Gobetti, Venice, Italy, 1717)

Carla Moore
Johann Georg Thir, Vienna, Austria, 1754

Maxine Nemerovski
Timothy Johnson, Bloomington, Indiana, 1999 (after Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, Italy, 17th century)

Cynthia Roberts
Lorenzo and Tomasso Carcassi, Florence, Italy, 1760

Sandra Schwarz
Rowland Ross, Portsmouth, England, 1987 (after Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, Italy)

Laurie Young Stevens
Anonymous maker, Paris, France, c. 1720s

Sara Usher
Desiderio Quercetani, Parma, Italy, 2001

Lisa Weiss
Rowland Ross, Portsmouth, England, 1989 (after Nicolo Amati, Cremona, Italy)

David Wilson
Timothy Johnson, Hewitt, Texas, 2007 (after Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, Italy, 17th century)

Alicia Yang
Richard Duke, London, England, 1762

Viola

About the Viola

David Daniel Bowes
Richard Duke, London, England, c. 1780

Maria Caswell
William Old, Falmouth, England, 1895

Lisa Grodin
Mathias Eberl, Salzburg, Austria, 1680

Anthony Martin
Aegidius Kloz, Mittenwald, Germany, 1790

Ellie Nishi
Anonymous maker, Germany, 18th century

David Sego
Colin Nicholls, London, England, 1980 (after N. Amati, Italy)

Aaron Westman
Dmitry Badiarov, Brussels, Belgium, 2003 (after Antonia Bagatella, Padua, Italy, c. 1750)

Violoncello

About the Violoncello

Phoebe Carrai
Anonymous maker, Italy, 1690

David Goldblatt
Anonymous maker, Germany, c. 1665

Paul Hale
Joseph Grubaugh and Sigrun Seifert, Petaluma, California, 1988 (after Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, Italy)

Robert Howard
Anonymous maker, Italy, c. 1750

Farley Pearce
Antonio Gaccias Rosius, Mendocino, California, 1988 (after Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, Italy)

William Skeen
Anonymous, Italy, c. 1680

Tanya Tomkins
Lockey Hill, London, England, 1798

Bass

About the Bass 

Michelle Burr
Matteo Goffriler, Venice, Italy, 1709

Joshua Lee
John Pickering, Greenmont, New Hampshire, 1783

Kristin Zoernig
Joseph Wrent, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1648

Flute

About the Flute

Mindy Rosenfeld
Stefan Beck, Berlin, Germany, 2008 (after Johann Joachim Quantz, Germany (Prussian Court), Germany, c. 1750)

Stephen Schultz
Roderick Cameron, Mendocino, California, 2008 (after P. Bressan, London, England, c. 1720)

Janet See
Roderick Cameron, Mendocino, California, 1997 (after P. Bressan)

Piccolo

About the Piccolo

Mindy Rosenfeld
Robert Claire, Oakland, California, 1985

Stephen Schultz
Robert Claire, Oakland, California, 1985

Oboe

About the Oboe

Stephen Bard
Joel Robinson, New York, New York, 2003 (after German (Saxony) models, c. 1720)

Michael DuPree
H. A. vas Dias, Decatur, Georgia, 1982 (after Thomas Stanesby Sr., England, c. 1700)

Gonzalo Ruiz
Levin & Robinson, New York, New York, 1989 (after German (Saxony) models, c. 1720)

Marc Schachman
H. A. Vas Dias, Decatur, Georgia, 1977 (after Thomas Stanesby, England, c. 1710)

Recorder

About the Recorder

Judith Linsenberg
Joachim Rohmer, Celle, Germany, 2003 (after P. Bressan, c. 1715)
Jean-luc Boudreau, Rosemere, Quebec, Canada, 2007 (after J. Steenbergen, Amsterdam)

Hanneke van Proosdij
Peter van der Poel, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2005 (after Thomas Stanesby Jr., London, England, 1725)

Clarinet

About the Clarinet

Diane Heffner
Daniel Bangham, Cambridge, England, 1993 (after Heinrich Grenser, Dresden, Germany, c. 1810)

Eric Hoeprich
A. Grenser, Dresden, Germany, c. 1785

Nina Stern
Rudolf Tutz, Innsbruck, Austria, 1989 (after Heinrich Grenser, Germany)

Bassoon

About the Bassoon

Marilyn Boenau
Peter de Koningh, Hall, Holland, 1995 (after Heinrich Grenser, Germany)

Danny Bond
Peter de Koningh, Hall, Holland, 1981 (after Heinrich Grenser, Germany, 1800)

Dennis Godburn
Paul Hailperin, Zell im Wiesental, Germany, 1999 (after Deper, Vienna, Austria, c. 1720)

Horn

About the Horn

Paul Avril
Lowell Greer, Detroit, Michigan, 1982 (after anonymous maker, Vienna, Austria, c. 1750)

John Boden
Richard Seraphinoff, Bloomington, Indiana (after J. W. Haas)

Alexandra Cook
Richard Seraphinoff, Bloomington, Indiana (after A. Halari)

R. J. Kelley
Richard Seraphinoff, Bloomington, Indiana, 2006 (after Hoffmaster, England, c. 1740)

Trumpet

About the Trumpet

William Harvey
Keavy Vanryne, London, England, 2003 (after Johann Wilhelm Hass, Nuremberg, Germany, c. 1710-1720)

Fred Holmgren
Fred Holmgren, Massachusetts, 2005 (after Johann Leonhard Ehe III, Nuremberg, Germany, 1746)

Kathryn James-Adduci
Rainer Egger, Basel, Switzerland, 2006 (after Johann Leonhard Ehe III, Nuremberg, Germany, 1748)

John Thiessen
Rainer Egger, Basel, Switzerland, 2004 (after Johann Leonhard Ehe III, Nuremberg, Germany, 1746)

Trombone

About the Trombone

Richard Cheetham
Ewald Meinl, Geretsried, Germany, 1998 (after Anton Drewelwecz, Nuremberg, Germany, 1595)

MacDowell Kenley
Meinl und Lauber, Geretsried, Germany, 1973 (after Sebastian Hainlein Sr., 1627)

Douglas Thorley
John Webb, Wilshire, England, 1990 (after Isaac Ehe, Nuremberg, Germany, c. 1618)

Ophicleide

About the Ophicleide

Douglas Yeo
Ophicleide in C, Roehn, Paris, France, c. 1855

Timpani

About the Timpani

Todd Manley
Pete Woods, Aldershot, England, 1996; (after 18th-century continental European, hand-tuned examples)

Kent Reed
Anonymous, England, c. 1840

Theorbo

About the Theorbo

David Taylor
Andreas van Holst, Munich, Germany, 2004 (after Magno Tieffenbrucker, Venice, Italy, 1610)

Organ

About the Organ

Hanneke van Proosdij
Winold van der Putten, Finsterwolde, Netherlands, 2004 (after early
18th-century northern German examples)

Harpsichord

About the Harpsichord

Nicholas McGegan (Music Director)
John Phillips, Berkeley, California, 1996 (after Giusti, Italy, 17th century)

Hanneke van Proosdij
Johannes Klinkhamer, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2000 (after Bartolomeo Cristofori, Florence, Italy, 1725)

Charles Sherman
John Phillips, Berkeley, California, 1986 (after Albert Delin, Tournai, Belgium, 1768)