Chatham Baroque is an instrumental ensemble.

History

The group was founded in 1990. The trio of

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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 pitc ...

theorbo The theorbo is a plucked string instrument of the lute family, with an extended neck and a second pegbox. Like a lute, a theorbo has a curved-back sound box (a hollow box) with a wooden top, typically with a sound hole, and a neck extending ou ...

and

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tours nationally and internationally, has recorded seven CDs on the Dorian label and hosts a concert series in Pittsburgh. Chatham Baroque has toured across the United States and in South America and Mexico, the Virgin Islands, and Canada.

Personnel

* Andrew Fouts, baroque violinChatham Baroque Musicians
*Patricia Halverson, viola da gamba *Scott Pauley, theorbo, lute and baroque guitar

Noted guest artists

Notable guest artists include Philip Anderson, Julie Andrijeski, Andrew Appel, Allison Edberg, Danny Mallon, Sherazade Panthanki, Stephen Schultz, and Adam Pearl.

Discography

Chatham Baroque has 11 professionally recorded CDs: ''No Holds Barred'' (2017), ''Bach & Before'' (2013)'', Alla Luce'' (2009), ''Sweet Desire'' (2008), ''Chatham Baroque Live'' (2006), ''Henry Purcell Sonatas and Theatre Music'' (2002), ''Reel of Tulloch'' (2001), ''Españoleta'' (2000, re-release 2017), ''Danse Royale'' (1999), ''Sol y Sombra'' (1999), and ''The Scotch Humor'' (1998).Discography
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References

External links

* https://www.chathambaroque.org/ {{authority control Classical music trios Musical groups established in 1990