Amy Domingues (born 1973) is an American
viola da gamba
The viol (), viola da gamba (), or informally gamba, is any one of a family of bowed, fretted, and stringed instruments with hollow wooden bodies and pegboxes where the tension on the strings can be increased or decreased to adjust the pitch ...
player and cellist (baroque and modern).
Biography
She earned her master's degree in Early Music at
Peabody Conservatory
The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University is a private conservatory and preparatory school in Baltimore, Maryland. It was founded in 1857 and opened in 1866 by merchant/financier and philanthropist George Peabody (1795–1869), ...
. In August 2014 Domingues traveled to Venice, Italy at the invitation of the Venice Opera Project to play
continuo in their inaugural season.
In addition to her early music activities, Domingues maintains a large teaching studio and performs on amplified viola da gamba with multi-instrumentalist Dennis Kane as the duo Domingues & Kane. She is also an active cellist, composer, and teacher in the Washington, DC area. Her soundtrack compositions can be heard in the score to 2003’s Academy Award-nominated documentary film ''
The Weather Underground
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''.
She has released three cello-oriented rock albums under the name Garland of Hours, in addition to her contributions as a recording artist on over fifty rock, pop, and classical albums.
Collaborations
She has performed with the
Washington Bach Consort, The Folger Consort, the National Philharmonic, Hesperus, Sonnambula (NYC),
Faraquet, and is a founding member of Corda Nova Baroque. She has performed in masterclasses with
Wieland Kuijken,
Philippe Pierlot and
Paolo Pandolfo
Paolo Pandolfo is an Italian virtuoso player, composer, and teacher of music for the viola da gamba, born on January 31, 1964.
He began his studies as a double bass and guitar player, becoming a skilled performer of jazz and popular music.Ernesto ...
.
Awards
She is a multiple recipient of the Peabody Career Development Grant and the Young Artist's Grant-in-Aid (from the Viola da Gamba Society).
References
External links
www.amydomingues.comwww.sonnambula.orgwww.dominguesandkane.comJohns Hopkins Magazine Summer 2012: Rockin' The ViolAllMusic.com Artist Amy Domingues
1973 births
21st-century classical musicians
21st-century American women musicians
American cellists
American film score composers
American women film score composers
Living people
Peabody Institute alumni
Place of birth missing (living people)
Women cellists
21st-century cellists
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