Music of the Baroque

Soloists
“Then the soprano or countertenor or mezzo comes out and proceeds to stun the audience with a voice that offers much more than standard-issue excellence.” (Chicago Sun-Times)

Roger Chase
Thomas Cooley
Imogen Cooper
Julia Doyle
Elizabeth Futral
Barbara Haffner
Christòpheren Nomura
Sharon Polifrone

Stephen Powell
Lisa Saffer
Mary Stolper
Krisztina Szabó
Collins Trier
Yulia Van Doren
Robert Waters
Lawrence Wiliford

Photo of Paul Agnew

Sharon Polifrone
VIOLIN

Music of the Baroque's principal second violin and a member of the ensemble for over twenty years, Sharon Polifrone is also assistant concertmaster of the Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra and Fulcrum Point New Music Project and a member of the faculty of Wheaton College. A graduate of the Juilliard School and former member of the Audubon String Quartet, Ms. Polifrone has also served as concertmaster of the Contemporary Chamber Players, Concertante di Chicago, and the Iron Mountain Music Festival, and as the founder and Artistic Director of the Virginia Chamber Music Academy. An aficionado of new music as well as older works, Ms. Polifrone has championed and recorded music of many contemporary composers including Ezra Laderman, Peter Schickele, Ralph Shapey, Shulamit Ran, Leo Kraft, William Neil, and Jon Polifrone.

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