About the Artists
Judith Linsenberg, recorder, has been hailed for her "virtuosity," "expressivity," and "fearless playing." She has performed extensively throughout the United States and Europe, including solo appearances at the Hollywood Bowl and Lincoln Center; and has been featured with such leading American ensembles as the San Francisco Symphony, the San Francisco and Los Angeles Operas, the Oregon Symphony, LA Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia Baroque, American Bach Soloists, the Portland, Seattle, and Los Angeles Baroque Orchestras, the Oregon, Carmel, and Philadelphia Bach Festivals, Musica Sacra of New York, Musica Angelica of Los Angeles, and others. She is the winner of national performance awards, and has premiered several pieces for the recorder, including a new work commissioned by her, and the US premiere in 2002 of Vivaldi’s recorder concerto, RV 312R.  Ms. Linsenberg has recorded for Virgin Classics, Dorian, harmonia mundi usa, Koch International, Reference Recordings, Musical Heritage Society,  Hännsler Classics, and Sono Luminus. A Fulbright scholar to Austria, she was awarded the Soloist Diploma with Highest Honors from the Vienna Academy of Music. She is a summa cum laude graduate of Princeton University, holds a doctorate in early music from Stanford University, and has been a visiting professor at the Vienna Conservatory and Indiana University’s Early Music Institute in Bloomington. She has taught at Stanford, the San Francisco Conservatory, and at early music workshops throughout the United States.
Elizabeth Blumenstock, whose performances have been called "magical," "rapturous," and "riveting," is one of the country's leading baroque violinists. A frequent soloist, concertmaster, and leader with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Los Angeles-based Musica Angelica, American Bach Soloists, Chicago Opera Theater, and the Italian ensemble, Il Complesso Barocco, she is also a member of several of California's finest period instrument chamber ensembles, including Musica Pacifica, the Arcadian Academy, Trio Galanterie, and Trio Galatea. Ms. Blumenstock is Resident Artistic Director of Musica Angelica's chamber music series. With over 85 recordings to her credit, she has recorded for Dorian, harmonia mundi, Virgin Classics, BMG, Reference Recordings, Koch International, Sony, and New Albion. Ms. Blumenstock has appeared with period orchestras and chamber ensembles throughout the United States and abroad, and has performed at the Boston and Berkeley Early Music Festivals, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Los Angeles Opera, the Carmel Bach Festival, and the San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival, among others. She is instructor of baroque violin at the University of Southern California and teaches regularly at the International Baroque Institute at Longy in Cambridge, MA, and is available for residencies in Baroque style at conservatories and universities. Ms. Blumenstock is also organist/choir director at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Richmond, CA, and is an avid Scrabble and pinball player.
David Morris, 'cello/viola da gamba, is a member of Musica Pacifica, The King’s Noyse and the Sex Chordae Consort of Viols, and has performed with Tafelmusik, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, American Bach Soloists, the Los Angeles, Portland and Seattle Baroque Orchestras, Musica Angelica and the Mark Morris Dance Company.  He was the founder and musical director of the Bay Area baroque opera ensemble Teatro Bacchino, and has produced operas for the Berkeley Early Music Festival and the San Francisco Early Music Society series.  Mr. Morris received his B.A. (Magna cum laude) and his M.A. in Music from U.C. Berkeley, in addition to receiving the Eisner Prize for excellence in the performing arts.  He has been a guest instructor in early music performance-practice at UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Mills College, and has been a faculty member at international conclaves and regional workshops of the Viola da Gamba Society of America, in addition to being an instructor at the San Francisco and Madison Early Music Festival Workshops.  For twelve years he was a chamber music coach and orchestral director at The Crowden School in Berkeley, Ca., and led the Crowden School Orchestra on three European festival tours.  He has recorded for Harmonia Mundi, New Albion, Dorian and New World Records, as well as for a special broadcast on NPR's St. Paul Sunday (with The King's Noyse).  In addition to performing on baroque cello, viola da gamba, bass violin and lirone, Mr. Morris plays modern cello with the ensemble "Parlor Tango".
Charles Sherman, harpsichord, is recognized as one of the leading harpsichord soloists and continuo players in the country and has been called a "fluent virtuoso" by the Los Angeles Times. In addition to Musica Pacifica, he is currently a member of Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Musica Angelica. Previously, as a member of the Aulos Ensemble (NY) for many years, he toured regularly throughout North America and overseas, and recorded extensively. He has also performed with such acclaimed ensembles as the Philadelphia Orchestra, American Baroque (SF), Musica Angelica (LA), Handel & Haydn Society and Emmanuel Music (Boston), St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble and Concert Royal (NY), and at well-known music festivals, including Marlboro,Saratoga, the New England Bach Festival, the Boston and Berkeley Early Music Festivals, and Aston Magna. Mr. Sherman holds degrees in History and Musicology from The University of Chicago and in Harpsichord Performance from the Juilliard School, where he studied with Albert Fuller. He is one of today's leading exponents of the art of basso continuo realization and frequently teaches master classes on Baroque accompaniment. His recordings appear on the Dorian, Musical Heritage Society, Koch International, Sono Luminus, and BMG labels.