| Julie Jeffrey
(Guest Artist)
Viola da Gamba
"Renaissance en Provence" tour
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Julie Jeffrey began her career
in early music performance while pursuing graduate studies in Musicology
at the University of Chicago. Now based in the San Francisco
Bay Area, she freelances locally and abroad, appearing with such
ensembles as Magnificat Baroque and American Bach Soloists, the
Newberry Consort in Chicago, the Catacoustic Consort in Cincinnati,
Scaramella in Toronto, and has toured domestically and abroad with
the Terra Nova Consort. She has performed at the Carmel Bach
Festival, the California Shakespeare Festival, the San Francisco
Early Music Festival, the Regensburg Tage Alter Musik, the Melbourne
Autumn Music Festival, and the Festival Internacional Cervantino
in Guanajuato, Mexico.
Ms. Jeffrey is a member of Sex Chordae
Consort of Viols, is the founder and creative mastermind of the
acclaimed trio Wildcat Viols, and is half of Hallifax & Jeffrey,
a viol duo specializing in French Baroque music. Devoted to promoting
all aspects of interest in her instrument, Ms. Jeffrey is a frequent
instructor at early music workshops across the country, has served
as president and music-coordinator of the Viola da Gamba Society,
Pacifica Chapter, and was recently elected to the board of directors
of the Viola da Gamba Society of America. |
