The Art of Fugue

Chelsea Bernstein is a specialist in the performance of modern cello, historical cello, and viola da gamba. She performs regularly with the Arrow Quartet, Newport String Quartet, Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music, Smithsonian Chamber Music Society, American Bach Soloists, and Gotham Early Music Scene. Chelsea holds degrees from The Juilliard School and the University of Maryland.

Cat Slowik is a versatile multi-instrumentalist specializing in historical performance, performing regularly on viola da gamba, cello, baryton, and violone. A member of the Smithsonian Consort of Viols, Elm City Consort, Yale Baroque Opera Project, and Yale Collegium Musicum—whose viol consort she directs—Slowik also serves on the faculty of Oberlin’s Baroque Performance Institute. Slowik holds degrees from Columbia and Yale Universities.

Kenneth Slowik first established his international reputation as a cellist and viola da gamba player through his work with the Smithsonian Chamber Players, Castle Trio, Smithson String Quartet, Axelrod Quartet, and with Anner Bylsma’s L’Archibudelli. Artistic Director of the Smithsonian Chamber Music Society and the Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute, he serves on the faculties of the University of Maryland and the American Bach Soloists Academy, and is a recipient of the Smithsonian Secretary’s Distinguished Scholar Award.

Arnie Tanimoto, gold medalist of the 2018 International Bach-Abel Competition, is recognized as one of the foremost viol players in the United States. A founding member of the Academy of Sacred Drama, he also co-directs A Golden Wire with harpist Parker Ramsay. Arnie is on faculty at Princeton University, where he is currently the acting director of Early Music Princeton.