Upcoming Events
Community Outreach: Open Rehearsal
09/17/2024 - 03:30 PM
Open rehearsal of NCBO with Music Director Frances Blaker conducting. 3:30-4:15 pm. Free and open to the public.
St. Alban's Episcopal Church
301 Caldwell Lane, Davidson, NC
Community Outreach: Meet the Instruments
09/18/2024 - 04:00 PM
"Meet the Instruments of the Baroque Orchestra." An afternoon of music and talk by members of the North Carolina Baroque Orchestra. NCBO members will perform solos and chamber works featuring the various instruments, providing a close-up and intimate view of the sounds and musicians who make up a baroque orchestra. 4:00-5:00 pm. Free and open to the public.
Northern Regional Recreation and Senior Center
18121 Old Statesville Road, Cornelius, NC
JS Bach and his Contemporaries
09/19/2024 - 07:00 PM
The North Carolina Baroque Orchestra directed by Frances Blaker presents “The Glorious Orchestral Music of JS Bach and his Contemporaries: celebratory works by Bach, Vivaldi, Telemann, Rameau and Veracini.” Free and Open to the Public - donations to support the orchestra are gratefully accepted.
Matthews Presbyterian Church
207 W. John Street, Matthews, NC 28105
JS Bach and his Contemporaries
09/20/2024 - 07:00 PM
The North Carolina Baroque Orchestra directed by Frances Blaker Presents “The Glorious Orchestral Music of JS Bach and his Contemporaries: celebratory works by Bach, Vivaldi, Telemann, Rameau and Veracini.” Free and open to the public - donations to support the orchestra are gratefully accepted.
Grace Lutheran Church
426 Oakland Avenue, Rock Hill, SC
Chamber Music
09/21/2024 - 11:00 AM
NCBO Members perform chamber music for the residents, their friends and family. 11:00-11:40 am.
Williams Place Retirement Center
825 Peninsula Drive, Davidson, NC
JS Bach and his Contemporaries
09/21/2024 - 06:30 PM
The North Carolina Baroque Orchestra directed by Frances Blaker Presents “The Glorious Orchestral Music of JS Bach and his Contemporaries: celebratory works by Bach, Vivaldi, Telemann, Rameau and Veracini.”
Lancaster Cultural Arts Center
309 West Gay Street, Lancaster, SC
JS Bach and his Contemporaries
09/22/2024 - 03:00 PM
The North Carolina Baroque Orchestra directed by Frances Blaker presents “The Glorious Orchestral Music of JS Bach and his Contemporaries: celebratory works by Bach, Vivaldi, Telemann, Rameau and Veracini.”
St. Alban's Episcopal Church
301 Caldwell Lane, Davidson, 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
Donors
Friends of Telemann
Letitia Berlin
Frances Blaker
Franklin Canning
Hyon Suk Cartee
Renee Garner
Josiah Marineau
Kelly Nivison
Benjamin Sackmary
Friends of Couperin
Jacqueline Dienemann
Charles and Mary Emerich
Doug Flack and Judy Harris
Elizabeth Hindal
Marta Howard
Cara Jokell
Rosemary and Ben Klein
Helene Neergaard
William Rahn
Suzanne Rousso
William Stewart
Friends of Vivaldi
Jan Blodgett
Jane and Larry Cain
Richard and Jody Carver
Richard Crandall
Katherine Goodson
Suzanne Johnson
Deborah McRae
Mike and Susan Melton
Martha Perry-Heartland Baroque
Robert and Frances Thomas
David Wilson
Friends of Handel
Susan and Guy Beaumont
Catherine Mowry
Lance Pedigo
Matt and Cristina Shaul
Alice and Al Sudduth
The Bach Family
George Bohmfalk
Mary and Kent Carpenter
Paul and Kay Keller
Chuck and Judy Latham
Thomas and Kim Miller
Edmund Plake
Price and Margaret Zimmermann
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+
Corporate Sponsorship
Information Sheet
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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