Concert Series Artists
Ian Watson
Music Director
Fortepiano and Harpsichord
The multi-talented Ian Watson has been described by The Times in London as a “world-class soloist”, performer of “virtuosic panache” and by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung as “a conductor of formidable ability.” Ian is acclaimed in numerous performances as an operatic…
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Susanna Ogata
Violin
Susanna Ogata’s playing has been described as “warm, witty, responsive, making the tops of phrases gleam” (Gramophone Magazine), “warm and rich of tone” (Fanfare Magazine), and “electrifying energy, awesome technical command and rollicking dialogue” (Arts Fuse Magazine) where her performance…
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Sarah Freiburg
Cello
Sarah Freiberg is a tenured member of the Handel and Haydn Society and Emmanuel Music. Cellist for Blue Hill Bach and both the Kennebec and Connecticut Early Music Festivals, she has performed with Boston Baroque, Philharmonia Baroque (San Francisco), Portland Baroque (Oregon), Seattle Baroque…
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Guy Fishman
Cello
Cello Israeli-born cellist Guy Fishman is active as a concerto soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, and orchestral player. He is principal cellist of Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society, with which he made his Symphony Hall solo debut in 2005. His playing has been praised as “plangent” by the Boston Globe, “electrifying” by the New York Times…
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Amy Rawstron Watson
Violin
Amy Rawstron Watson performs throughout the United States on modern and historical violins in both chamber music and orchestral repertoire. She holds principal positions with the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra, the Pennsylvania Endless Mountain Music Festival and Venice Symphony as well as regular appearances with…
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Andrea LeBlanc
Flute
Flutist Andrea LeBlanc is devoted to furthering the artistry and expression of the flute by performing on instruments from the baroque, classical, and romantic eras. She has been praised by Early Music America for her “sensitive and beautiful playing, with crystalline tone and execution [that] made you wonder why it was necessary to invent…
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Renée Hemsing
Viola and Violin
Renée Hemsing specializes in chamber music and early music performance on both violin and viola. She earned her doctorate at the University of Colorado where her string quartet (Ajax Quartet) was graduate Quartet-in-Residence with the Takacs Quartet. Renée earned her masters at the University of North Texas with Emanuel Borok where she…
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Jenny Stirling
Baroque Viola
Born in the UK, from a family of fine classical musicians, Jenny Stirling trained at the Guildhall School of Music in London as a student of David Takeno. Diverting for a few years to explore her love of Culinary Arts, she resumed her musical studies, acquiring degrees in violin performance at the New England Conservatory…
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Colleen McGary-Smith
Baroque Cello
A versatile and adventurous performer, Colleen McGary-Smith appears throughout New England on historical and modern cellos as well as viola da gamba. Colleen is a member of the Handel and Haydn Society, with whom she has recorded on the Coro Label. Read more…
Guinevere Connor
Violone
Guinevere approaches music from a historically informed viewpoint; striving to bring music from the past to life. As a baroque bassist and viola da gambist, she has a unique view of looking at pieces from the bottom up.
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Pete Walsh
Violone
Pete Walsh is a double bass player based in Boston, MA. He enjoys a vibrant, musically diverse career compromised of orchestral work, chamber music, historical performance, jazz and electric bass, and everything in between.
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Andy Kozar
Trumpet
A native of Pittsburgh, Andy Kozar is a New York City and Boston based trumpeter, improviser, composer and educator that has been called a ‘star soloist’ by TimeOutNY and noted for his ‘precise trumpeting’ by New York Classical Review.
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Vocalists
Corrine Byrne
Soprano
Hailed for her “inimitable delivery” and versatility, Boston and New York-based soprano Corrine Byrne has quickly become a sought-after interpreter of repertoire from the Medieval to the Baroque era, and music by today’s most daring composers. Byrne’s recent roles include Miranda (The Onion by Eric Sawyer)…
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Eric Christopher Perry
Tenor
Lauded by the Boston Classical Review for his “expressive energy and ringing high notes,” deemed “sweet and appealing” by the Boston Globe, and complimented for his “clear and even tone” by New York Arts, Eric Christopher Perry is gaining an international reputation for his “indefatigable” energy and his…
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Will Prapestis
Bass
Possessing a “resonant, beautiful” sound and heralded for his “expressive, florid” singing, Baritone Will Prapestis performs frequently as a soloist and ensemble member in the U.S. and Europe, and is the 2019-2020 Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Fellow.
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