Phoebe Carrai

Phoebe Carrai, a native Bostonian, started playing the cello at the age of 10. She fell in love with the Baroque cello and the Early Music Movement whilst a student of Lawrence Lesser at The New England Conservatory of Music in Boston where she earned both her Bachelor and Master …

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Bill Barnewitz (french horn)

Bill Barnewitz is the principal horn with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, a position he has held since 1995. Previously, Barnewitz served as guest principal horn with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the symphonies of Atlanta and St. Louis. He also plays principal horn in the Santa Fe Opera orchestra and …

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Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford

The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, founded 500 years ago, holds a distinctive place within the great English choral tradition. Unlike all other collegiate and cathedral choirs, it serves both an Oxford college and a diocese. The choir is revered for the vibrancy of its sound and its artistic …

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Stephen Darlington (director)

Stephen Darlington is one of the country’s leading choral conductors. His links with Christ Church began in the early 1970s, as Organ Scholar under Simon Preston. After four years as Assistant Organist at Canterbury Cathedral, he was appointed Master of the Music at St. Albans Abbey, and a year later, …

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Aapo Häkkinen

Aapo Häkkinen (1976) began his musical education as a chorister at Helsinki Cathedral. He took up the harpsichord at the age of thirteen, studying with Elina Mustonen and Olli Porthan (organ) at the Sibelius Academy in his native Helsinki. From 1995 to 1998 he studied at the Amsterdam Sweelinck Conservatoire …

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