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November 30, 2007 CHATHAM BAROQUE WELCOMES NEW BAROQUE VIOLINIST Chatham Baroque today announced the hiring of baroque violinist Andrew Fouts. Annette Romain, Chatham Baroque Executive Director, offered the following comment: "We -- the staff, musicians and Board of Directors -- are filled with great enthusiasm regarding the hiring of Andrew Fouts, who we believe will bring robust energy and virtuosity to our reputable ensemble." Mr. Fouts will make his Chatham Baroque debut at the organization's annual Twelfth Night Gala on January 5, 2008, and will become a permanent, full-time member of the ensemble beginning July 1, 2008. Andrew Fouts, baroque violin, currently resides, teaches and freelances in the San Francisco Bay Area. He performs regularly with American Bach Soloists, Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, and the Napa Valley Symphony and has appeared with Philharmonia Baroque, El Mundo and the National Cathedral Baroque Orchestra. Performances at festivals and series have included Chamber Music Sedona, the Arizona Early Music Society, Redwood Arts Council, Columbia University's Miller Theatre, the San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival and Aston Magna. This past summer Mr. Fouts served as principal violin for the Bloomington Early Music Festival's performance of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo and recorded with the festival orchestra for Indiana University Press. Mr. Fouts' formal violin instruction began at the Eastman School of Music where he studied with Charles Castleman and Mitchell Stern. At Eastman he performed in the early music collegium with Paul O'Dette and was active with the contemporary music ensemble Alarm Will Sound, with whom he recorded Steve Reich's The Desert Music for Cantaloupe Records. Mr. Fouts recently received a PerformerÕs Diploma from the Early Music Institute at Indiana University Bloomington where he was a student of Stanley Ritchie and the winner of the 2007 concerto competition. This season he looks forward to his first engagements with American Opera Theater and Ensemble Galilei. He performs on a violin by Claude Pierray, Paris, c. 1710. Click here for Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article |
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