2025-26 Musicians
Peter Sykes, harpsichord
Peter Sykes is one of the most distinguished and versatile keyboard artists performing today. He is a core faculty member and principal instructor of harpsichord in the Historical Performance Department of the Juilliard School in New York City, and a lecturer at Boston University, teaching harpsichord and organ performance. He has taught at the University of Michigan, the New England Conservatory, and the Longy School of Music; he was Chair of the Historical Performance Departments at the Longy School (1988-2005) and Boston University (2006-2021) and Co-Chair of the Organ Department at the New England Conservatory (2001-2003). He has been Music Director at First Church in Cambridge since 1986. He holds degrees from the New England Conservatory and Concordia University in Montreal.
He performs extensively in recital on the organ, harpsichord, and clavichord, and has made ten solo recordings on all three instruments in repertoire ranging from Buxtehude, Couperin and Bach to Reger and Hindemith and his acclaimed first-ever organ transcription of Holst’s “The Planets.” He often performs and teaches in Europe and has been a judge in numerous harpsichord and organ playing competitions. A founding board member and current president of the Boston Clavichord Society as well as past president of the Westfield Center for Historical Keyboard Studies, he is the recipient of the Chadwick Medal and Outstanding Alumni Award from the New England Conservatory, the Erwin Bodky Prize from the Cambridge Society for Early Music, and the Distinguished Artist Award from the St. Botolph Club Foundation.
Jacques Ogg, harpsichord
One of the most prominent and influential modern masters of harpsichord and fortepiano, Jacques Ogg performs worldwide as a soloist and continuo player. He was a member of one of the world’s leading period-instrument ensembles, the Orchestra of the 18th Century, directed by the late Frans Brüggen, and also worked with Baroque orchestras in Salamanca and Sevilla, Spain. Highly sought after as a pedagogue, he was a harpsichord professor at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague, one of the world’s foremost institutes for early music. Mr. Ogg co-directs the International Baroque Instrumental Program, an intensive summer music course in the Twin Cities, and has been the artistic director of the Lyra Baroque Orchestra since 2000. His discography includes more than 60 recordings with labels such as Philips, Sony, EMI, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, and Glossa.
Stephen Gamboa-Diaz, harpsichord
Harpsichordist and organist Stephen Gamboa-Diaz has performed for audiences in the United States, Germany, and Italy. A laureate of the 2012 Westfield Center International Harpsichord Competition, he was also a finalist in Early Music America’s inaugural Baroque Chamber Performance Competition as part of the harpsichord duo Zweikampf with Faythe Vollrath.
In the fall of the 2025–2026 season, Gamboa-Diaz can be heard performing with Yale Consort in New Haven, the Chorus of Westerly in Rhode Island, as part of the “Bach in the Borough” series in Stonington, Connecticut, and in Handel’s “Messiah” at Washington National Cathedral. In the spring, he looks forward to performing with Elm City Consort and the virtu0so vocal ensemble Ampersand, as well as a solo recital and program of multiple harpsichord concerti as part of Minnesota’s Twin Cities Early Music Festival.
Past projects include an artist residency with the Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado, and performances with Phoenix Early Music Society, Iowa City Early Keyboard Society, Barefoot Chamber Concerts (Berkeley, California), and the Baroque Room (Minneapolis, Minnesota). He teaches organ and conducting at Southern Connecticut State University and has directed church music programs on Long Island and in Connecticut.
Gamboa-Diaz holds degrees from UC Berkeley (B.A.), Stony Brook University (M.M., M.A., D.M.A.), and the Yale School of Music (A.D.).
Clea Galhano, recorder
Brazilian recorder player Cléa Galhano is an internationally renowned performer of early, contemporary and Brazilian music.
Galhano has performed in the United States, Canada, South America and Europe as a chamber musician, collaborating with recorder player Marion Verbruggen, Jacques Ogg, Belladonna, Lanzelotte/Galhano Duo and Kingsbery Ensemble. As a featured soloist, Galhano has worked with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, New World Symphony, Musical Offering and Lyra Baroque Orchestra.
Among other important music festivals, Ms. Galhano has performed at the Boston Early Music Festival, the Tage Alter Music Festival in Germany and at Wigmore Hall in London, Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall and Merkin Hall in New York and Palazzo Santa Croce in Rome, always receiving acclaimed reviews. Ms. Galhano was featured in 2006 in the Second International Recorder Congress in Leiden, Holland in 2007 and 2013 at the International Recorder Conference in Montréal and in 2012 at the ARS International Conference, Portland, Oregon.
She gave her Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall debut in May 2010 and her second Weil Hall recital on December 2013 with the international Cuban guitarist Rene Izquierdo.
Galhano studied in Brazil at Faculdade Santa Marcelina, the Royal Conservatory (The Hague), and the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, earning a LASPAU, Fulbright Scholarship and support from the Dutch government. As an advocate of recorder music and educational initiatives, she served for six years on the national board of the American Recorder Society, and is the Music Director of the Recorder Orchestra of the Midwest. Ms. Galhano recently received the prestigious 2013 McKnight fellowship award, MSAB Cultural collaborative and MSAB Arts Initiative.
Currently, she is a faculty member at Macalester College, Music Director of the Recorder Orchestra of the Midwest, and has being recently appointed Adjunct Lecturer in Music, Recorder at HPI, Jacobs School of Music, IU.
Ms. Galhano has recordings available on Dorian, Ten Thousand Lakes and Eldorado label and she is the recipient of the National Arts Associate of Sigma Alpha Iota.
Linh Kauffman, soprano
Praised as “vocally and dramatically powerful” by the Washington Post and “radiant” by the Saint Paul Pioneer Press, soprano Linh Kauffman enjoys an active career in opera, oratorio, and recital. Recent performances include Carmina Burana for the Prague ChoralFestival, Joshua with the Panama National Symphony, Carmina Burana and Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with the Minnesota Orchestra, Ariadne auf Naxos with Minnesota Opera, Acis and Galatea for Antiqva Panamá, and appearances at Festival Musica Antica Urbino, Salle Bourgie Montreal, Festival Musica Antigua Panamá, and Festival Musique en l’Île de Paris. A prolific concert artist, Ms. Kauffman has appeared with the Oregon Bach Festival, Pittsburgh Symphony, Akron Symphony, Richmond Symphony, Quad City Symphony, and Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, among others, and as a chamber musician with Spire Chamber Ensemble, Seraphic Fire, and Consortium Carissimi. She made her Latin American debut in Mozart’s Apollo et Hyacinthus at the Teatro Nacional de Panama and has appeared in opera and musicals across the U.S. A native of Connecticut, Ms. Kauffman earned her DMA from the University of Minnesota, MM from the University of Maryland, and BFA from Carnegie Mellon University, with further study at the Weill Institute at Carnegie Hall and the Salzburg Mozarteum. She is a founding member of MBE and currently teaches on the voice faculty at Macalester College.
Louella Alatiit, violin
Louella Alatiit is a violinist with a diverse performing career. Her musical inspiration extends from the expressiveness and improvisatory elements of baroque music. She has worked with some of the world’s leading period instrument ensembles such as, The English Concert and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, among others. She has played with many renowned conductors and directors and has toured extensively throughout Europe, Asia, and North America. A graduate of three prestigious schools, Ms. Alatiit holds a Bachelor’s of Music in Violin Performance from McGill University, a Diploma in Baroque Violin from the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, as well as a Master’s and Doctor of Musical Arts from Stony Brook University, NY.
Her experience and training are something she aspires to impart to the next generation of musicians, and as a passionate educator she has done this for more than 20 years. She has given coachings to undergraduate/graduate performance students in Stony Brook University’s baroque ensemble and at Grinell College. In the Fall and Winter semesters of 2022, she taught a chamber music class as a sessional lecturer at the University of Toronto, Scarborough in the Music & Culture Department. After living in the Netherlands for 15 years, she has recently relocated back to Canada.
Marc Levine, violin
Marc Levine enjoys a career as a chamber musician and orchestral leader specializing in performances on both modern and baroque violin. On baroque violin, Marc performs with Early Music Minnesota, of which he is a co-founder, and his chamber ensemble, Flying Forms, that, in addition to performing standard and contemporary repertoire, has also presented larger scale programs including oratorios and operas. In Saint Paul, Minnesota, where he is based, Marc regularly appears as leader or section member with the Bach Society of Minnesota and the Lyra Baroque Orchestra, among others. On modern violin, Marc performs chamber music from all eras on various series, most recently with the Lux String Quartet and on the MacPhail Spotlight Series. With these groups and others, both recorded and live, Marc has been featured many times as a soloist and ensemble player on Minnesota Public Radio. A noted entrepreneur, Marc co-founded The Baroque Room, a performance space in downtown Saint Paul that, from 2011-20, hosted nearly 50 events each year, and the Saint Paul Classical Music Crawl, an event held four times between 2015-19 featuring the entire city's classical music scene and named one of the top ten classical music events of 2015 by the Saint Paul Pioneer Press.
Tulio Rondon, cello
Cellist Tulio Rondón performs throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East as a soloist and chamber musician. Known for his vivid and passionate performances, he started his professional life early as principal cellist of the Aragua Symphony Orchestra in Venezuela. Tulio Rondón's performance career has taken him all over the world, sharing the stage with many internationally celebrated artists.
Born in Venezuela, Tulio Rondón began his cello studies through El Sistema. He received his Bachelor of Music from the Simón Bolivar Conservatory, his Master of Music from Miami University (Oxford, OH), and Doctoral Degree in performance at the University of Arizona. Pursuing his strong interest in historic performance practice, he continued his studies in The Netherlands, completing post-graduate studies on baroque cello and viola da gamba with Jaap ter Linden and Rainer Zipperling at The Royal Conservatory in The Hague. Tulio Rondón is in demand as a chamber musician and early music specialist.
Currently Tulio Rondón is the violoncello professor at the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire.
Rebecca Humphrey, cello
Cellist Rebecca Humphrey lives and works in the Philadelphia area where she is an active freelancer, performing with many US early music ensembles. A Bach continuo specialist, she has played frequently with Washington Bach Consort, Baltimore Bach Handel Choir, Cantate Chamber Singers, Bethesda, Trinity Church, NYC and Choral Arts, Philadelphia, to name a few. She has been principle cellist with Tempesta di Mare, Lyra Concert, Kammerensemble Luzern, Capriccio Basel, CityMusik, Chicago and Ars Musica. In Philadelphia she is founding member of many chamber groups including Aurelio, Kleinekammermusik, Night Music, the Franklin Quartet and is also a founding member of Belladonna Baroque Quartet. Rebecca graduated from Oberlin Conservatory and continued her studies at University of Minnesota. She has coached at Madison Early Music workshop and is currently a faculty member at Curtis Institute where she teaches baroque cello.
Tami Morse, harpsichord
Tami Morse, a Japanese American harpsichordist, is active as a soloist and chamber musician in the United States and abroad. She is the former Executive Director of the Lyra Baroque Orchestra and co-founder of The Baroque Room, a performance space in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She has performed with ensembles such as Foundling, the Long Island Baroque Ensemble, North Shore Pro Musica, Ensemble 212, the Bach Society of Minnesota, Glorious Revolution Baroque, the Lyra Baroque Orchestra, Minnesota Bach Ensemble, Big Apple Baroque Band, and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. She has performed in notable venues such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Symphony Space, the Dakota, and Le Poisson Rouge. She was a finalist in the Jurow International Harpsichord Competition in March, 2012.
Tami is a founding member of the baroque ensemble Flying Forms, known for innovative, interdisciplinary performances and considered “names to watch” (Berkshire Review for the Arts) and “the bright future of early music” (Arthur Haas, harpsichord). She received her Master of Music degree from the University of Michigan with Edward Parmentier and has a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Stony Brook University where she studied with the acclaimed harpsichordist and teacher Arthur Haas. In addition to her studies in the United States, Tami was awarded a prestigious DAAD grant, which she used to study in Germany at the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne with Ketil Haugsand.
Tami is dedicated to making early music accessible to today’s audiences and laying a foundation for its study and performance in the United States.