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Lisa Brooke ~ Baroque Violin
Ms. Brooke has worked with the New York Collegium, Concert Royal, Amor Artis, The Handel and Haydn Society, Boston Cecilia, Rebel Baroque Orchestra, the Carmel Bach Festival, and the American Classical Orchestra. Founding member of Très., her chamber music performances include concerts with the Musicians of the Old Post Road and 5 years as a member of Triomphe de L'Amour. Recently, she performed as concertmaster and soloist with Tempesta Di Mare (receiving very fine reviews from the Philadelphia Enquirer), and is a member of Foundling Baroque Orchestra and women's advocacy project, with whom she has also appeared as soloist. Concertmaster positions include BachWorks (Bradley Brookshire and Anthony Newman) and Millenial Artists. Ms Brooke has given guest lectures/demonstrations at Columbia University on the role of the violin in French Baroque music. She has attended the Longy and the Amherst Early Music Festivals. 1780's and Beyond: Lisa Brooke performed in NYC with the Orchestra of Saint Lukes' and has been concertmaster for Liza Minnelli's "Minnelli on Minnelli" (Broadway run + CD). In the popular music genre, her work includes the New York Pops (with whom she has toured the Far East), concerts and CD with Barbra Streisand ("The Concert Tour"), much studio session work, and performances with Chuck Mangione and Charles Aznavour (principle 2nd). In Boston, she has been playing with the Boston Ballet Orchestra, the Boston Lyric Opera, Emmanuel Music and the New England String Ensemble and as concertmaster for the New England Classical Singers, the Master Singers, and at Wellesley College for the choir. Ms. Brooke has recorded for Deutsche Grammophon, Sony, Nonesuch, and Telarc, and recorded a world premiere of a septet for Opus 1. |