Upcoming Events
Telemann Triumphant!
May 26, 2023 - 07:00 PM
An evening of Telemann's Chamber Music with Soloists
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
520 Summit Street, Winston-Salem, NC
About
The North Carolina Baroque Orchestra (NCBO), a period instrument ensemble, was co-founded in 2011 by sisters and musical collaborators Frances Blaker and Barbara Blaker Krumdieck for the purpose of providing orchestral and chamber music opportunities for musicians specializing in baroque performance practice. It was clear from their first concerts in 2011 that there was a need for NCBO. The musicians were hungry for an opportunity to play baroque orchestral music on period instruments at a professional level, and the audiences were excited by their exuberant, refreshing and inspiring performances. The North Carolina Baroque Orchestra maintains a goal of presenting refined, stylistic, artistic and fun performances, engaging both the players and the listeners in the stories and historical context behind the music.
Frances Blaker - Conductor & Artistic Director
Frances Blaker is a virtuoso recorder player and world-renowned expert in baroque performance practice, teaching workshops throughout The United States and Europe. She is a unique and exciting conductor, inspiring the NCBO players to bring new life to old music! Ms Blaker lives in the San Francisco Bay Area where she maintains an active teaching studio and works on her compositions.
Barbara Krumdieck - Executive Director & Cellist
Barbara manages all of the details involved in putting performances together. The NCBO players travel in from near and far. Some are in the Carolinas, but a large number of the players travel in from all over the country including California, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee , Georgia, Washington, D.C., Texas, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Virginia. Ms. Krumdieck contracts the musicians, arranges for their transportation and housing, provides them with music and makes them feel welcome and valued within NCBO. She is also liaison between the orchestra and choir directors who contract NCBO for their special projects.
Board Members
Barbara Blaker Krumdieck
Executive Director
George Bohmfalk
Chair
Thomas Miller
Chair Elect
Chuck Latham
Treasurer
Jane Cain
Member
Mary Lathem
Member
Support NCBO
Your donations to the North Carolina Baroque Orchestra are critical in supporting the performances of these master musicians.
Levels
Friends of Telemann
Up to $99
Friends of Couperin
$100-$249
Friends of Vivaldi
$250-$499
Friends of Handel
$500-$999
The Bach Family
$1,000+
Contributions to NCBO
Fund projects
Your donations help fund our instrumental projects with artistic director Frances Blaker.
Enrich musicians
Your donations help fund our annual orchestra building retreat, a week of working together with Frances Blaker in rehearsals, sectionals and seminars which is followed by several concerts.
Support communities
Your donations help support our efforts to bring period-instrument orchestral and chamber music concerts to underserved communities through-out the southeastern United States.
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