Field
of Study: Recorder, early winds
Ensemble:
Director, Collegium Musicum
Biographical
Information: Performs on the sackbut, recorder, bagpipes, and other
instruments with the Renaissance wind band, Piffaro; occasionally performs
with his own group, Ex Umbris. Appeared with many other early music
groups in the US, toured extensively, appearing in concert series and
festivals in Hong Kong, Guam, Australia, Israel, Colombia, Mexico, and
throughout Europe and the US. With Ex Umbris, performed 14th-century
music at the 5th Millennium Council event in the Clinton White House,
18th-century music for Ric Burn's "New York: A Documentary Film";
played hurdy gurdy for the American Ballet Theater, bagpipe for an internationally
broadcast Gatorade commercial, and shawm for the NYC Gay Men's Chorus
in his Carnegie Hall debut. In Dec. 2002 he played serpent in a PDQ
Bach concert at Lincoln Center and the new Kimmel Center in Philadelphia.
Professional:
Teaches at Wellesley College and at recorder and early music workshops
throughout the US.
Recordings:
Over 30 recordings of everything from medieval dances to 20th-century
chamber music.
Photo by
Olan Mills
