Christopher Price, horn
/
Previously with Teatro Nuovo:
2025
Rachel Nierenberg, horn
/New York, NY
Photo by Andrew Lyle
Instrument:
Corpus made by Courtois Neveu Aine C. 1820 with new crooks made by Seraphinoff
Previously with Teatro Nuovo:
2024, 25, 26
Engagements/Affiliations:
Fourth horn, Boston Baroque
Principal horn, Harmonium Stellarum
Second horn, Opera Lafayette
Nate Helgeson, bassoon
/Salem, OR
Photo by Alex Waterhouse-Hayward
Instrument:
Bassoon by Peter de Koningh, 1987, after Heinrich Grenser ca. 1810
Previously with Teatro Nuovo:
2018~25
Andrew Blanke, oboe
/New York, NY
Photo by Jonathan Slade
Instrument:
A copy of an 1805 8-key Flöth oboe, by Sand Dalton (2020)
Previously with Teatro Nuovo:
2023~26
Engagements/Affiliations:
Principal Oboe, Philharmonie Austin
Second Oboe, Tempesta di Mare
Marguerite Cox, double bass
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Previously with Teatro Nuovo:
2025
Website:
margueritecox.com
Will Riley Lee, double bass
/Baltimore, MD
Photo by Harold Shapiro
Instrument:
Double Bass after Francesco Ruggeri, Cremona, Italy (1669), Copy by Jaques Gagnon, Angeles City, Philippines (2007)
Bow:
Double Bass Bow made of Massaranduba and Ebony, stamped "H. F. Grabenstein"
Previously with Teatro Nuovo:
2019~26
Engagements/Affiliations:
Principal Bass, Opera Lafayette
Principal Bass, National Cathedral
Principal Bass, Smithsonian Academy Orchestra
Principal Bass, Tempesta di Mare
Jimmy Drancsak, viola
/Skaneateles, New York
Instrument:
Timothy G. Johnson, Plainfield, CT 2019
Previously with Teatro Nuovo:
2023~25
Engagements/Affiliations:
Violist, Arrow Quartet
Violinist, In Nomine Ensemble
Violinist/Violist, The English Concert in America
Handel's Messiah, Trinity Baroque Orchestra
Violinist/Violist, New York Baroque Incorporated
Website:
jimmydrancsak.com
Keats Dieffenbach, viola
/
Previously with Teatro Nuovo:
2022, 25
Carmen Johnson-Pájaro, violin
/New York, NY
Previously with Teatro Nuovo:
2022, 24-26
Rebecca Nelson, violin
/Gera, Germany
Instrument:
Violin:
Johannes Gagliano, Italy, 1800
Previously with Teatro Nuovo:
2022~25
Website:
scoutnelson.com
Paula Waisman, violin
/Paris, France
Violin:
Matthieu Besseling, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2021
19th-century English bow:
H.F. Grabenstein 1999, classical bow / 19th century anonymous English bow
Previously with Teatro Nuovo:
2023~26
Alyssa Campbell, violin
/Paris, France
Photo by Mei Stone
Instrument:
Georg Ruoff Violin, 1690. Füssen, Germany
Bow:
John Dodd, 1795. London, England
Previously with Teatro Nuovo:
2025-26
Engagements/Affiliations:
Violin, Les Arts Florissants
Violin, Handel + Haydn Society
Violin, Arcangelo Ensemble
Violin/Viola, ARTEK Early Music
Violin/Viola, Arte Solidale Festival
Website:
alyssacampbellviolin.com
Francis Liu, violin
/New York, NY
Instrument:
Anonymous, German with original neck, c. 1800
Bow: Anonymous, English, Dodd School
Previously with Teatro Nuovo:
2018~26
Engagements/Affiliations:
Concertmaster, Oklahoma Baroque Orchestra
Principal 2nd, Tempesta di Mare/Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra
Website:
francismliu.com
Laura Johnson, violin
/Köln, Germany
Violin:
Northern Italy 1830
Bow:
France 1820
Previously with Teatro Nuovo:
2022~25
Jessica Park, violin
/New York, NY
Photo by Lauren Desberg
Previously with Teatro Nuovo:
2018~25
Website:
jessicaparkviolin.com
Kako Boga, violin
/Tokyo, Japan
Photo by Elle Woods
Previously with Teatro Nuovo:
2023~25
Laura Lutzke, violin
/New York, NY
Photo by JaritaHui
Previously with Teatro Nuovo:
2021~26
Engagements/Affiliations:
Concertmaster, Le Cercle de l'Harmonie - Rigoletto at Philharmonie de Paris, March 2026
Concertmaster, Le Cercle de l'Harmonie - Festival de St. Denis, June 2026
Concertmaster, Sigur Rós - Orchestral tours, November 2024 and 2025
Violin, Orchestra of St. Luke's - Bach Festival at Zankel Hall, June 2026
American Contemporary Music Ensemble with Max Richter - Abu Dhabi, January 2026
Augusta McKay Lodge, violin
/Paris, France
Photo by Lauren Desberg
Instrument:
Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, 1867
Previously with Teatro Nuovo:
2018~19, 25
Engagements/Affiliations:
Beethoven Symphony «Pastoral », Concertmaster, Les Arts Florissants
Beethoven Romance, Soloist, Oregon Bach Festival
Biber & Schmelzer, Solo Violin Récital, Collegium Vocale Crete Senesi Festival
Website:
augustamckaylodge.com
Ian Jones, violin
/Smyrna, GA
Sophie Bier
Previously with Teatro Nuovo:
2025~26
Engagements/Affiliations:
TECA Fellow 2025, The English Concert
Violinist, Les Arts Florissants
Concertmaster and Soloist, Juilliard415
Stephen Goist, viola
/New York, NY
Titilayo Ayangade
Previously with Teatro Nuovo:
2018-26
Engagements/Affiliations:
Assistant Principal Viola, San Francisco Opera
Principal Viola, Handel and Haydn Society
Principal Viola, Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra
