Chatham Baroque Bios

Julie Andrijeski, baroque violin. Recently lauded for her "invigorating verve and imagination" by the Washington Post, Julie Andrijeski is among the leading baroque violinists in the U.S. In addition to her activities with Chatham Baroque, she performs with Apollo's Fire, the Washington Bach Consort, Cecilia's Circle, Spiritus Collective, and the King's Noyse. Ms. Andrijeski's performance style on the violin is influenced by her expertise as a baroque dancer. She serves on the faculty of the Baroque Performance Institute at Oberlin Conservatory and at the Madison Early Music Workshop. In 2006 she received her Doctoral degree from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, where she recently accepted a full-time teaching position. She also has been appointed concert master of the New York State Early Music Association.

Patricia Halverson, viola da gamba, holds a doctoral degree in Early Music Performance Practice from Stanford University. After completing her graduate work she studied in Holland with Anneke Pols at the Royal Conservatory in the Hague. A native of Duluth, Minnesota, Ms. Halverson is a founding member of Chatham Baroque and has been instrumental in raising the level of baroque chamber music performance in the Pittsburgh area. Her playing has been praised by the Cleveland Plain Dealer as “invested with feistiness and solidity.” Ms. Halverson teaches viola da gamba in the Pittsburgh area and in 2008 will be playing in New York City with viola da gamba player Martha McGaughey.

Scott Pauley, theorbo and baroque guitar, holds a doctoral degree in Early Music Performance Practice from Stanford University. Before settling in Pittsburgh in 1996 to join Chatham Baroque, he lived in London for five years, where he studied with Nigel North at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. There he performed with various early music ensembles, including the Brandenburg Consort, The Sixteen and Florilegium. He won prizes at the 1996 Early Music Festival Van Vlaanderen in Brugge and at the 1994 Van Wassenaer Competition in Amsterdam. In North America Mr. Pauley has performed with Hesperus, Musica Angelica, Apollo’s Fire, The Folger Consort, The Bottom Line, The Toronto Consort, and in 2007 was a soloist with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. In 2008 Mr. Pauley will appear with Il Tempesta di Mare in Philadelphia. He has performed in numerous baroque opera productions as a continuo player, both in the USA and abroad.