Past Events
Listed here are a number of previous activities by our chapter, as well as local concerts featuring our members and colleagues playing the viola da gamba. For current activities, please see our Upcoming Events page.
2023
November 5, 2023
Chapter Play-in
Baltimore, MD
2022
November 21, 2022
Virtual presentations by Loren Ludwig (history of viols in America), Tina Chancey (pardessus de viole and new recording by Trio Pardessus), and Heather Spence (winner of the Traynor Audience Prize for her viol consort composition Equilibrium). Moderated by John Moran.
November 13, 2022
National Gallery of Art
Washington, DC
October 23, 2022
Chapter play-in at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
September 17, 2022
Borrow-Transform-Create: Music by Handel, Karosi, and more.
Bálint Karosi, harpsichord and Pasi Opus 28 organ.
Héloïse Degrugillier, recorder and traverso.
Arlington, VA
September 23, 2022
General membership meeting (via Zoom).
April 2-3 2022
Amherst Early Music Spring Workshop
St. George's Episcopal Church
Arlington, VA
Instructor Ros Morley
2021
November 4, 2021
Fêtes Galantes: Marais on Pardessus
Villeneuve's transcriptions of the bass viol suites of Marin Marais, including the tour-de-force, the Folies d'Espagne. Tina Chancey, pardessus de viole; John Mark Rozendaal, viol; and Webb Wiggins, harpsichord.
New York, NY
September 25-26, 2021
Nota Bene
The a la Mode Workshop and the inVIOLata Concert.
Joanna Blendulf, Wendy Gillespie, Sarah Mead, and Emily Walhout, with Mark Rimple, Lute.
Saint George's Episcopal Church
915 N. Oakland Street
Arlington, VA
February 13, 2021
Viols and Valentines
Gail Ann Schroeder and Alison Crum lead a mini-workshop on Zoom
Tina Chancey Presents New Courses on Zoom in February 2021
A Sephardic Festival
Soundcatcher: Play by Ear!
The Faenza Codex Challenge
January 30, 2021
Feldenkrais Method® Virtual Workshop
Featuring Craig Trompeter
2020
October 4, 2020
Viola da Gamba workshop with Amy Domingues via Zoom.
September 27, 2020
Niccolo Seligmann directs a workshop on "Composing for the Viola da Gamba."
Presented by District New Music Coalition.
September 27, 2020
Tina Chancey presents "If You Can’t Improvise, Then Just Fake It."
September 27, 2020
It’s All About the Bass: Learn to add Drones and Chords to your Favorite Early Music Tunes.
Tina Chancey, Amherst Early Music.
September 26, 2020
Tina Chancey presents "Playford Tunes as Technical Hacks."
September 20, 2020
Tina Chancey presents "Less Is More: An Intro to Medieval Minimalism."
September 19. 2020
Tina Chancey presents "Make Your Instrument Sing."
September 13, 2020
Chapter Zoom Happy Hour
September 12, 2020
Back to School with Christopher Simpson.
John Moran, Amherst Early Music.
Online event.
February 23, 2020
Luminous Spirit: Eternal Chants of Hildegard von Bingen
Rosa Lamoreaux
Amy Domingues, vielle/viol
St. Columba's Episcopal Church
Washington D.C.
February 16, 2020
Fin'amor: The Myth of Courtly Love
Hesperus
St. George’s Episcopal Church
Arlington, VA
February 12, 2020
Niccolo Seligmann, early folk instrumentalist
The Mansion at Strathmore
February 8, 2020
The BaRock Band: Only Bach
Silver Spring, MD
February 2, 2020
Ensemble Gentil Galant
First Impressions: Pop Music at the Turn of the 16th Century
Arlington, VA
February 1, 2020
The Art of Counterpoint at the Dawn of Music Publishing
Arlington, VA
January 26, 2020
Chapter Playing Meeting
Silver Spring, MD
January 4-5 2020
Smithsonian Consort of Viols
Smithsonian National Museum of American History Music Hall
In Nomine
2019
December 13-18, 2019
Folger Consort
St. Mark's on Capitol Hill
The Folger Consort journeys to Venice for the holidays with Vivaldi's beloved Gloria in D, RV589.
November 10, 2019
Peabody Renaissance Chamber Ensemble
The Peabody Renaissance Chamber Ensemble will present a program featuring Italian and French music from the time of Leonardo da Vinci, to mark the 500th anniversary of his death in 1519. Also to be heard are works by Elizabethan English composers such as Dowland, Morley, Hume, and Holborne.
Holy Comforter Episcopal Church
Vienna, VA
November 8, 2019 at Live! at 10th and G, Washington, DC
November 9, 2019 at Virginia Theological Seminary
The Washington Bach Consort presents At Home with Bach.
November 1 and 3, 2019
Baltimore Baroque Band
Baltimore, MD
October 22, 2019
Trio Sefardi
Arlington, Massachusetts
October 20, 2019
Trio Sefardi
Ruach haMaqom
Burlington, Vermont
October 19, 2019
Trio Sefardi
Brattleboro Museum and Art Center
Brattleboro, Vermont
October 18, 2019
Trio Sefardi
CLICK Workspace
Northampton, Massachusetts
October 17, 2019
Trio Sefardi
The Old Town Hall
Pond Village, Vermont
October 16, 2019
Fretwork with Iestyn Davies, counter-tenor.
Asako Morikawa, Joanna Levine, Sam Stadlen, Emily Ashton, and Richard Boothby, viols.
Library of Congress
Washington, DC
October 15, 2019
Trio Sefardi
Town Hall Theater
Middlebury, Vermont
September 27-29, 2019
The Folger Consort presents Music for Machiavelli: Florence Circa 1500.
Washington, DC
Larry Lipnik and Mary Springfels, viols.
September 22, 2019
The Washington Bach Consort presents A Royal Occasion: Handel’s Coronation Anthems, and Bach’s Trauerode BWV 198 and Actus Tragicus BWV 106.
Washington, DC
John Moran and Joanna Blendulf, viols
September 15, 2019
Chapter Autumn Play-In
Great Falls, VA
Music by di Lasso, Byrd, and Chetwoode
March 17, 2019
Parthenia with Ryland Angel
Washington, DC
March 16-17, 2019
Amherst Early Music Spring Break Workshop
Washington, DC
March 14-15, 2019
Baltimore Baroque Band
Baltimore, MD
January 6, 2019
Chapter Play-In
Silver Spring, MD
2018
December 16, 2018
Vox Pulchra with Tina Chancey
Washington, DC
October 13, 2018
Workshop with Kleine Kammermusik
Arlington, VA
October 12, 2018
Kleine Kammermusik presents Dialogue of the Graces
Arlington, VA
September 29, 2018
Viol Workshop “Just Jenkins"
featuring Martha McGaughey
George Washington University
Washington, DC
September 2, 2018
Chapter Play-In
Crownsville, MD
June 16, 2018
Chapter Autumn Play-In
Washington, DC
April 15, 2018
Fretwork
National Gallery of Art
Washington, DC
March 17-18, 2018
Amherst Early Music Spring Break Workshop
Musica Transalpina Music from Italy, England, and places in between...
Washington, DC
March 27, 2018
Videntes: The Epiphany Schola Cantorum with their viol consort led by Amy Domingues offer in Holy Week Dietrich Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Mostri (the Limbs of our Jesus) in which poetry and biblical text address different parts of Christ’s crucified body.
Washington, DC
March 11, 2018
Ensemble Gaudior with Carmina
Bethesda, Maryland
February 18, 2018
Hesperus plays Nosferatu
Williamsburg, VA
February 16-17, 2018
Retreat to Advance Workshop with Alison Crum, Roy Marks, and Gail Ann Schroeder
Durham, NC
February 4, 2018
A Mery Conceit: Music For Two Viols
Amy Domingues and Jessica Powell Eig, violas da gamba
Chevy Chase, MD
February 3, 2018
Workshop with Parthenia: Playing and Singing English Consort Music
Arlington, VA
February 2, 2018
Parthenia presents Music with Her Silver Sound: Viol Consorts in the Age of Shakespeare
Arlington, VA
January 25-29, 2018
Trio Sefardi on Tour
Sephardic Music from Greece, Turkey, and Bosnia
2017
December 15-23, 2017
Folger Consort, with Arcadia Viols and vocal ensemble Cathedra
Lo How a Rose E’er Blooming
Seasonal Early Music of Germany
Washington, DC
November 17 and 19, 2017
Ensemble Gaudior will once again be collaborating with The Friends of Fasch, this time in an all-Telemann program honoring the 250th anniversary of that composer’s death in 1767.
St. George's Episcopal Church
Arlington, VA and
Church of the Holy Comforter
Vienna, VA
November 16, 2017
The Salon of Leonora Duarte
Sonnambula
The Mansion at Strathmore
North Bethesda, MD
November 10, 2017
Renaissance and Baroque Music for Two Violas da Gamba
Amy Domingues and Jessica Powell Eig, bass viols, perform works by Hume, Locke, Schenck, Marais, and Telemann.
Bethesda, MD
October 29, 2017
Chapter Autumn Play-In
Great Falls, VA
Music by Gibbons, Lawes, and Ferrabosco.
October 21, 2017
Workshop with Alkemie
On the day following the below concert, the musicians share their love and knowledge of the repertoire in a workshop setting,
a unique opportunity to learn from leading musicians in the field.
St. George's Episcopal Church
Arlington, VA
October 20, 2017
Rosa das Rosas
Members of the popular medieval ensemble Alkemie play and sing beautiful melodies, intricate polyphony, and boisterous dances drawn from the rich tapestry of Marian music of medieval Europe.
St. George's Episcopal Church
Arlington, VA
October 17, 2017
Circa 1700: European Treasures for 2 violas da gamba
Music of Ste. Colombe, Marais, Schenck, and Kühnel
Amy Domingues and Donna Fournier, viola da gamba. Anthony Harvey, theorbo.
Church of the Epiphany
Washington, DC
September 10, 2017
TeleMannia Chevy Chase: A Celebration of Georg Phillip Telemann
Neighborhood Concerts presents the Friends of Fasch, with guest artist Jessica Powell Eig.
Washington, DC 20015
Rachel Siegel, recorder
Sarah Weiner, baroque oboe
Jessica Powell Eig, viola da gamba
Doug Poplin, baroque cello
Thomas MacCracken, harpsichord
June 4, 2017
Chapter Playing Meeting
American University
Washington, DC
Music by John Jenkins and Juan del Encina.
May 11, 2017
Hesperus
In the Salon of Mlle. Lévi: Viols at the Revolution
The Brotherhood Synagogue
New York
April 27, 2017
Music for Several Friends: An English Restoration Spring
Tina Chancey, John Mark Rozendaal, Loren Ludwig, Arnie Tanimoto, and Adam Cockerham play Matthew Locke, Christopher Simpson, John Dowland, and a modern premiere of John Jenkins' suite for 3 trebles.
St. Bartholomew's Church
New York, New York
April 11, 2017
Rebecca Kellerman Petretta, Laura Choi Stuart, sopranos; Amy Domingues, viola da gamba; and Jeremy Filsell, continuo, in a Holy Week performance of François Couperin’s sublime Leçons de Tenebrae (Lamentations).
Church of the Epiphany
Washington, DC
March 31 - April 2 2017
Folger Consort
Starry Messenger
The late 16th century saw a revolution in musical practice in Italy—“old style” Renaissance compositions gave way to the innately dramatic music of the early Baroque. Folger Consort celebrates this age of revelations with music of the spheres—dramatic songs by Monteverdi, lute music by Galileo’s father Vincenzo Galilei, and brilliant early violin sonatas and keyboard pieces.
With guest string players Risa Browder and John Moran, harpsichordist Webb Wiggins, and renowned soprano Julianne Baird.
Folger Theatre
Washington, DC
February 24, 2017
Circa 1700: European Treasures for 2 Violas da Gamba
St. George's Episcopal Church
Arlington, Virginia
Amy Domingues and Donna Fournier, viola da gamba
Anthony Harvey, theorbo
Featuring works of French masters Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, Marin Marais, and Robert de Visée, Dutch-born Johannes Schenck, and German native August Kühnel.
February 3, 2017
Kleine Kammermusik
Tides and Treaties: Music of the 1720s
Workshop February 4
St. George's Episcopal Church
Arlington, Virginia
January 7-8, 2017
Smithsonian Consort of Viols
English Consort Music of the Elizabethan and Jacobean Eras
National Museum of American History
Washington, DC
Featuring works of Alfonso Ferrabosco and Orlando Gibbons for viols and organ.
Kenneth Slowik, Rebekah Ahrendt, Loren Ludwig, Catherine Slowik, and Arnie Tanimoto, viols; with Webb Wiggins, organ.
2016
November 19, 2016
Chapter Autumn Play-In
Great Falls, VA
Music by Jenkins, Lupo, Holborne, Byrd, Purcell
November 13, 2016
Neighborhood Concerts
Before Bach
Bethesda, MD
October 28, 2016
Modern Musick
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
October 23, 2016
LeStrange Viols
Music from the Dutch Golden Age
National Gallery of Art
Washington, DC
October 15, 2016
Sonnambula
A Hallowe'en Masquerade
Spritely Songs and Scary Dances from Renaissance England
Baruch Performing Arts Center, New York, NY
September 30, 2016
Domingues and Kane
Friday Concert Series
Georgetown University
September 17, 2016
Viol workshop with Josh Lee
A Spagna in the Works
Georgetown University Music Department
July 1, 2016
Capitol Hill Chamber Music Festival
Louis XIV's Musicians--Versailles
Tina Chancey, Bill Simms, Jeffrey Cohan
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Washington DC
May 22, 2016
Chapter Spring Play-In
Great Falls, VA 1-5 pm
Music by Gibbons, Hausman, Weelkes
April 22, 2016
Hesperus Viols & The Choral Arts Chamber Singers
Church of the Epiphany
1317 G St, NW, Washington DC
The Imitative Game
Renaissance music is all about imitation--from bird songs to mass movements. Think Josquin, Gabrieli, Henry Purcell. But what about Mozart, Rameau and Britney Spears? Not your usual early music concert.
April 10, 2016
Hesperus Viols & Chantry
St. Bernadette Church
Strike the Viol! Elizabethan music for voices and viols by Gibbons and Tomkins
University Blvd East, Silver Spring, MD
Intricate verse anthems, evocative viol consorts including Tomkins' A Sad Pavan for These Distracted Times. A program of sublime classics with a first-rate renaissance vocal ensemble.
March 19, 2016
Dowland in Darkness CD Release concert
St. George's Church
915 N. Oakland St, Arlington, VA
A Lenten concert of exquisitely melancholy lute songs and instrumental pieces by that master of misery, John Dowland, with Barbara Hollinshead, mezzo, Howard Bass, lute, and Tina Chancey and Amy Domingues, viols.
February 27, 2016
Couperin CD Release Concert
Spencerville Seventh Day Adventist Church
16325 New Hampshire Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20905
Tina Chancey (5 & 6 string pardessus de viole and treble viol). Adam Pearl (harpsichord)
French baroque chamber music by François Couperin, Louis Heudelinne, Marin Marais and Jean Marie Leclair.
February 26, 2016
Corda Nova Baroque with Jason Rylander, tenor
St. George's Church
915 N. Oakland St, Arlington, VA
Amy Domingues, viola da gamba. Edmond Chan, baroque violin. Anthony Harvey, theorbo.
Albion at Home and Abroad: English Composers of the 17th Century
Works by 17th century English composers who stayed at home (Purcell, Hume, Lawes) and traveled abroad (Young, Butler). Lively instrumental selections highlight the popular forms of the day, including the trio sonata, divisions, songs, and tunes from the theater.
February 6, 2016
Chapter Winter Play-In
Great Falls, VA
Music by Schein, Bassano, Bevin
February 2, 2016
Enigmatic Echoes: The Voice of the Viola da Gamba
Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20005
Amy Domingues, viola da gamba. Anthony Harvey, theorbo. Jeremy Filsell, continuo.
2015
December 26-30, 2015
Christmas Collegium
Tina Chancey directs classes on selected topics in medieval, renaissance, baroque and world music.
December 13, 2015
Trio Sefardi
National Galley of Art
A seasonal program of new and old Sephardic favorites on early and traditional instruments, with vocalist Susan Gaeta.
November 22, 2015
Hesperus Viols Debut Concert
Chevy Chase Town Hall Community Room
Tina Chancey, Amy Domingues, Jessica Powell Eig, John Mark Rozendaal.
Byrd Song: A Renaissance Daybook
Hesperus Viols and soprano Rosa Lamoreaux present a day in the life of an English renaissance musician; morning prayers, noontime music lessons, an afternoon at the theater, tea with the family and an evening at the tavern.
October 17, 2015
Capitol Early Music Workshop with Les Bostonades
“Getting it all together: Playing in Consorts and Ensembles”
A workshop of baroque ensembles and renaissance consorts. Classes include viol consort, recorder consort and mixed baroque ensembles.
September 29, 2015
Corda Nova Baroque and tenor Jason Rylander
Church of the Epiphany
1317 G St, NW, Washington DC
Albion at Home and Abroad: Works by English Composers of the 17th Century. Works by 17th century English composers who stayed at home (Purcell, Hume, Lawes) and traveled abroad (Young, Butler).
2014
November 2, 2014
Fall Workshop with Brent Wissick
George Washington University, Music Dept.
April 19, 2014
Chapter Spring Play-In
Takoma Park
2013
October 27, 2013
Fall Workshop with John Mark Rozendaal
Ward Hall, Catholic University, 620 Michigan Ave., NE Washington DC 20064 9:30am-4:30pm
The theme: "In Nomine Day."
2011
October 15, 2011
Fall Workshop Music a la Mode with Sarah Mead
Church of the Brethren, 4413 Tuckerman Street University Park, MD 20782-2148 9:30-5:00pm
An all-day workshop, Music à la Mode: how the composer's choice of mode defines the affect of the music, with Sarah Mead.
October 4, 2011
Sonnambula Viol Consort
Royal Nuptial Music from the 15th century and beyond
United Church, 1920 G Street Northwest, Washington D.C.
Viol Petting Zoo
July 9, 2011
St. Mark's Episcopal, 118 3rd St SE, Washington, District of Columbia 11am-12pm
The Greater Washington-Baltimore Chapter of the Viola da Gamba Society of America presents a Viol Petting Zoo! Come try and learn about a variety of sizes of viols, and hear a short performance by the Capitol Consort of Viols.
Saturday, July 9 2011
Where: St. Mark's Episcopal Church 118 3rd St SE, Washington, District of Columbia
January 23, 2011
L'Arabesque Baroque
Doug Wolters and Coriolana Simon, viols
Damascus United Methodist Church, 9700 New Church Street, Damascus
2010
November 17, 2010
Quaver Viol Consort
Nature & Fantasy: A Viol Portrait
National Gallery of Art 401 Constitution Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20004
Quaver Viol Consort presents Nature & Fantasy: A Viol Portrait, a concert of music for viola da gamba quartet at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC in honor of the exhibition Arcimboldo, 1526-1593: Nature and Fantasy.
October 2, 2010
Fall Workshop with Sarah Cunningham
St. Luke's Lutheran Church,
9100 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring, MD
June 13-19, 2010
Virginia Baroque Performance Workshop
June 5, 2010
Viola da Gamba Petting Zoo w/Washington Early Music Festival
All Souls Memorial Episcopal Church, 2300 Cathedral Ave. NW, Washington, DC 12pm-1pm
May 1, 2010
Chapter Spring Play-In
All Souls Memorial Episcopal Church (“All Souls at the Zoo”)
2300 Cathedral Avenue NW : Washington, DC 20008-1505
Consort reading, led by Tina Chancey and Loren Ludwig
January 23, 2010
VdGSA-GWB Chapter Play-In and Meeting
Washington, DC
2009
Establishment of the Greater Washington-Baltimore Chapter
At the 2009 VdGSA Conclave, Amy Domingues and Heather Spence began the process of re-activating the Washington-Baltimore chapter of the VdGSA. This chapter was launched by a planning committee that included Amy and Heather, as well as John Moran, Jessica Powell Eig, Cathy Blank, Leslie Nero, Coco Simon, Doug Wolters, and Tina Chancey.