Two-time JUNO Award winning conductor, composer, recorder, and flute soloist Matthias Maute has achieved an international reputation. In 2016 he was named artistic director of the Bach Society of Minnesota and in 2019 of the professional choir Ensemble vocal Arts-Québec. The New York Times described the orchestra he conducts in Montreal, Ensemble Caprice, as “an ensemble that encourages the listener to rehear the world.” Maute’s recording of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos juxtaposed with his own arrangements of Preludes from Shostakovich's Op. 87 was hailed by The New Yorker as standing out “for its fleet, characterful approach” and “its fresh, vibrant colors”. Maute’s compositions are published by Breitkopf & Härtel, Amadeus, Moeck and Carus. He has made some twenty recordings on the Analekta, Vanguard Classics, Bella Musica, Dorian, Bridge and ATMA Classique labels.

Brazilian recorder player Cléa Galhano is an internationally renowned performer of early, contemporary, and Brazilian music. She has performed in North America, South America and Europe as a chamber musician, collaborating with recorder player Marion Verbruggen, Jacques Ogg, Belladonna Baroque Quartet and Kingsbury Ensemble. As a soloist, Galhano has worked with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, New World Symphony, Musical Offering and Lyra Baroque Orchestra. She studied in Brazil at Faculdade Santa Marcelina, the Royal Conservatory (The Hague), and the New England Conservatory of Music as a Fulbright Scholar. She is Music Director of the Recorder Orchestra of the Midwest and recently received the McKnight fellowship award, MSAB Cultural collaborative and MSAB Arts Initiative. Galhano is a faculty member at Macalester College and Adjunct Lecturer in Music, Recorder at HPI, Jacobs School of Music, IU.

Violinist Margaret Humphrey maintains a vibrant freelance schedule as soloist, chamber musician, and orchestra member, performing in ensembles in the US and Europe. Previously a 25-year core member of the Minnesota Opera Orchestra, she now performs regularly with the Lyra Baroque Orchestra, Consortium Carissimi, Tempesta di Mare, and as concertmaster of the Bach Society of MN. A founding member of Belladonna Baroque quartet, she has toured throughout the US, Europe and Brazil. Cerulean Fire, her most recent ensemble, collaborates with dancers and percussionists crossing over genres to create dynamic performance experiences. Ms. Humphrey is also a member of the Kingsbury Ensemble in St. Louis and a soloist in the annual Ancient Music Series in St. Savin France. She has recorded on the Chondos, Dorian, Ten Thousand Lakes, and Naxos labels.

Tami Morse, harpsichord, is a soloist and chamber musician, performing regularly with Boulder Bach, the Bach Society of Minnesota, the Lyra Baroque Orchestra, Madison Bach Musicians, Minnesota Bach Ensemble (co-artistic director), and Early Music Minnesota (founding director). She was a finalist in the Jurow International Harpsichord Competition and has been awarded artist grants from the MSAB and MRAC to commission and perform new works for harpsichord, record and tour J. S. Bach’s sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord with colleague Tulio Rondón, and apprentice with master harpsichord builder Ton Amir in Amsterdam. Morse has a Master of Music degree from the University of Michigan and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Stony Brook University, and was awarded a prestigious DAAD grant, which she used to study at the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne with Ketil Haugsand.