Chatham Baroque

Andrew Fouts, baroque violin, joined Chatham Baroque in 2008. In performance he has been noted for his “mellifluous sound and sensitive style” (Washington Post) and as “an extraordinary violinist” who exhibits “phenomenal control”(Bloomington Herald-Times), while the Lincoln Journal-Star wrote that his “talent challenges the top soloist of today’s classical stage.” In 2008 Andrew won first prize at the American Bach Soloists’ International Baroque Violin Competition. He has performed with the Four Nations Ensemble, Apollo's Fire, Musica Pacifica, Philharmonia Baroque, the National Cathedral, and Quince. For the 2011-2012 season he will serve as concertmaster for the Washington Bach Consort and will be a featured soloist with American Bach Soloists.

Patricia Halverson, viola da gamba, holds a doctoral degree in Early Music Performance Practice from Stanford University. After completing her graduate work she studied in Holland with Anneke Pols at the Royal Conservatory in the Hague. A native of Duluth, Minnesota, Patricia is a founding member of Chatham Baroque and has been instrumental in raising the level of baroque chamber music performance in the Pittsburgh area. Her playing has been praised by the Cleveland Plain Dealer as “invested with feistiness and solidity.” Patricia teaches viola da gamba in the Pittsburgh region and in recent years has made guest appearances with the New York City-based ensemble Empire Viols.

Scott Pauley, theorbo and baroque guitar, holds a doctoral degree in Early Music Performance Practice from Stanford University. Before settling in Pittsburgh in 1996 to join Chatham Baroque, he lived in London for five years, where he studied with Nigel North at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. There he performed with various early music ensembles, including the Brandenburg Consort, The Sixteen, and Florilegium. He won prizes at the 1996 Early Music Festival Van Vlaanderen in Brugge and at the 1994 Van Wassenaer Competition in Amsterdam. In North America Scott has performed with Hesperus, Musica Angelica, Apollo’s Fire, The Folger Consort, Tempesta di Mare, The Four Nations Ensemble, The Toronto Consort, and as a soloist with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. He has performed in numerous baroque opera productions as a continuo player, both in the USA and abroad. In 2010 he performs in Carnegie Hall in New York and at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. with the acclaimed British ensemble, the English Concert.