Scott Pauley is co-artistic director of Chatham Baroque. Over a career spanning more than 25 years, he has become one of the leading American collaborative players on early plucked stringed instruments. Specializing in theorbo, baroque guitar, and lute, he has performed in 26 states and at venues including Carnegie Hall, The Library of Congress, and Wigmore Hall, and has performed in Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru. He has created numerous compelling programs for Chatham Baroque, ranging from music of Spain and Latin America to music of England, Scotland, and French Canada, often with an interest in demonstrating the connections between baroque music and popular styles. He holds a doctoral degree in Early Music Performance Practice from Stanford University and studied with Nigel North at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. While in London as a young artist, Scott was a prize winner at early music competitions in Bruges and Amsterdam. Scott also performs with Four Nations Ensemble in New York and Opera Lafayette in Washington D.C. and has performed as a soloist in J.S. Bach’s St. John Passion with the Atlanta and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestras. Scott is married to French Canadian soprano Pascale Beaudin. With their Labrador Retriever, Ruby, they live in Pittsburgh’s Northside neighborhood.