During a casual meeting of friends, there emerged a common desire to recapture the spirit of novelty and exploration which seemed to characterize the early music movement in Boston in decades past.
Mission
Our mission is to encourage, develop and preserve the extraordinary legacy of Boston as a world-class center for early music. As an orchestra we strive to achieve this through engaging and enlightening performances that are accessible and inclusive.
Vision
Preserve the legacy of Boston as the center for Baroque music by mentoring and coaching young artists.
Promote our role as ambassadors of culture within the fabric of the Boston community and beyond.
Promote and engage the wealth of emerging talent in Boston and beyond through performance opportunities.
Provide access by partnering with local charities.
Leadership + Artists
Concertmaster
Praised by his “...finger-knotting virtuosity...” (Yorkshire Post, England), baroque violinist Joan Plana is a founding member of the baroque ensemble CONCITATO as well as an inaugural member of the new Historical Performance Program at the Juilliard School of New York, where he studies with Monica
Huggett and Cynthia Roberts.
With CONCITATO he has appeared in venues in New York, Chicago, Montreal and Cleveland. The ensemble was the only American group on the finals of the 2009 York International Young Artists Competition (England).
Joan plays regularly with several baroque groups such as Apollo’s Fire (Cleveland), L’Academie (Boston) or Baroque Band (Chicago). At Juilliard, he plays with “Juilliard 415” and has collaborated with “Juilliard Baroque” in concerts in New York and Madrid. His appearances around the country include concerts at the “Dame Myra Hess Concerts” in Chicago and the Ravinia, Aspen and the Boston Early Music Festival.
Joan got interested in the Historical Performance Practice following his arrival in Cleveland in 2005. He joined the Case-CIM Baroque Orchestra at the Case Western Reserve University, where he studied with Julie Andrijeski, Cynthia Roberts and Miho Hashizume. He became concertmaster, soloist and guest
conductor of the ensemble. In 2008 he received an Early Music Certificate from Case Western University and the Cleveland Institute of Music.
While attending the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute in Toronto, he received the “Jeanne Lamon Scholarship Award”. He also participated at the Baroque Performance Institute at Oberlin and the International Baroque Institute at Longy (Cambridge), studying with Marilyn McDonald and Elizabeth
Blumenstock.
He has taken lessons and masterclasses given by Robert Mealy, Manfred Kramer, Fabio Biondi, Enrico Onofri and Jordi Savall.
Joan has taught baroque violin masterclasses and workshops at the Baldwin-Wallace College (Ohio) and the Sarah Lawrence College (New York).
