Andrew Fouts is co-artistic director of Chatham Baroque since 2008. His playing with the ensemble has been praised for its “mellifluous sound and sensitive style” (Washington Post), and “superb technique and spirit” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette). In addition to Chatham Baroque Andrew performs with Apollo’s Fire, Ars Lyrica, and American Bach Soloists.  Since 2010 he has served as concertmaster for Washington Bach Consort, where he is regularly featured as soloist or in recital. In 2008 Andrew won first prize at the American Bach Soloists’ International Baroque Violin Competition. He has taught at the Madison Early Music Festival and the Oficina de Música de Curitiba, Brazil, and can be heard on recordings with Chatham Baroque, Apollo’s Fire, American Bach Soloists, Philharmonia Baroque, Musik Ekklesia, and Alarm Will Sound. He plays a violin by Karl Dennis (2013), after Guarneri del Gesu (1735), a short bow by David Hawthorne, Cambridge, MA, after a late 17^thcentury English model, and a long bow by H.F. Grabenstein, Williston, VT, after an early 18^th century English model. Andrew lives in the Manchester neighborhood of Pittsburgh’s North Side, where he is restoring an 1880’s row house. He is a gushing cat-dad and community cat fosterer and maintains a devoted hot yoga practice.