Sacramento's professional baroque music ensemble is dedicated to creating vibrant, engaging performances of music from the 17th to 19th Centuries. We have developed a local reputation for quality and compelling programming. Inevitably, audience members leave these intimate concerts feeling moved and inspired.  The ensemble was formed in 2001 by Lisa and Michael Lawson, and has performed yearly subscription series since 2004.  Concerts have had three to eleven performers, performing works from Uccellini and Gabrielli to Lully, from Vivaldi to Biber and Bach.  Works performed range from solo sonatas to Concerto Grossi.  Guests have included such notable soloists as Judith Linsenberg, Michael Sand, William Skeen, and Paul Flight.  Sacramento Baroque Soloists performs a program for school assemblies, "Music Journey,"  which takes the students through five centuries of music in an interactive performance.

Our 111h season will be performed in three venues, the lovely St. Paul's Episcopal Church and St. John's Lutheran Church in downtown Sacramento, and Rudolph Steiner College's Stegmann Hall in Fair Oaks.

Performers' Bios

Lisa Marie Lawson, Music Director
Michael Lawson, continuo cello
Cathie Apple, traverso
Steven Coughran, drums
Ellen Schinnerer Deffner, harpsichord
Ryan Enright, organ
Marieke Furnee, violin and viola
Amy Haltom, viola
John Lutterman, cello
David Sego, violin and viola
Ondine Young, violin and viola