North Carolina

Baroque Orchestra

Upcoming Events

CANCELED - NCBO Chamber Players
02/20/2025 - 07:00 PM

CANCELLED - NCBO regrets that our mid-February Chamber Players set, including this concert, has been postponed. Watch this web page for rescheduled dates! NCBO Chamber Players (Martie Perry and David Wilson, violins, Barbara Krumdieck, cello, Barbara Weiss, harpsichord) play music of JS Bach and Arcangelo Corelli, in a concert presented by the Friends of Music at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Winston-Salem. $20 donation requested.

St. Paul's Episcopal Church

520 Summit St, Winston-Salem, NC

CANCELED - NCBO Chamber Players
02/21/2025 - 12:00 PM

CANCELED - NCBO regrets that our mid-February Chamber Players set, including this concert, has been postponed. Watch this web page for rescheduled dates! NCBO Chamber Players (Martie Perry and David Wilson, violins, Barbara Krumdieck, cello, Barbara Weiss, harpsichord) plays music of JS Bach and Arcangelo Corelli.

Emmanuel Episcopal Church

350 E Massachusetts Ave, Southern Pines, NC

CANCELED - NCBO Chamber Players
02/22/2025 - 03:00 PM

CANCELED - NCBO regrets that our mid-February Chamber Players set, including this concert, has been postponed. Watch this web page for rescheduled dates! NCBO Chamber Players (Martie Perry and David Wilson, violins, Barbara Krumdieck, cello, Barbara Weiss, harpsichord) plays music of JS Bach and Arcangelo Corelli.

St. Bartholomew Episcopal Church

204 W Salisbury St, Pittsboro, NC

Bach Vespers at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
02/23/2025 - 04:00 PM

Episcopal Vespers service with the choirs of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, featuring Bach's cantata 127, Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott.

Trinity Episcopal Cathedral

1100 Sumter Street, Columbia, SC 29201

NCBO Chamber Players
03/01/2025 - 03:00 PM

NCBO Chamber Players (Sung Lee, oboe, Janelle Davis, violin and viola, David Wilson, viola, Barbara Krumdieck, cello) presents "The Oboe in the Time of Mozart," quartets for oboe and strings by František Kramár, Johann Gottlieb Janitsch, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. This event is part of the 2025 North Carolina HIP Music Festival, "the hippest musicians on period instruments." Please see https://www.mallarmemusic.org/2025-north-carolina-hip-music-festival/ for details.

St. Paul's Lutheran Church

1200 W Cornwallis Rd, Durham, NC

NCBO Chamber Players
03/07/2025 - 12:00 PM

NCBO Chamber Players (David Wilson, violin, Barbara Krumdieck, cello) with organist Nick Quardokus perform on First Presbyterian's First Friday Concert Series.

First Presbyterian Church

213 W Home Ave, Hartsville, SC

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Davidson Bach Festival - Goldberg Variations
03/28/2025 - 07:30 PM

The Davidson Bach Festival opens with a performance of Bach's "Goldberg Variations," BWV 988. $20 general admission $15 students

Davidson College Presbyterian Church (sanctuary)

100 N. Main Street, Davidson, NC

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Davidson Bach Festival
03/28/2025 - 07:30 PM

An inspiring and inventive weekend of music awaits local audiences at the upcoming Davidson Bach Festival running March 28-30, 2025. A collaborative effort between the North Carolina Baroque Orchestra, the Davidson College Music Department, and Organ at Davidson, this four-concert event brings together many of our community’s most outstanding musicians to celebrate the life and legacy of iconic Baroque composer J.S. Bach.

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Davidson Bach Festival - Coffee Cantata
03/29/2025 - 11:30 AM

The Davidson Bach Festival continues with Bach's beautiful and humorous "Coffee Cantata" Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht, BWV 211. $20 general admission $15 students Davidson College students free

Davidson College Presbyterian Church (Congregation House)

218 Concord Road, Davidson

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Davidson Bach Festival - Glorious Chamber Music of JS Bach
03/29/2025 - 05:00 PM

The Davidson Bach Festival continues with a program of beloved chamber music by JS Bach. $20 general admission $15 students

Davidson College Presbyterian Church (sanctuary)

100 N. Main Street, Davidson, NC

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Davidson Bach Festival - Organ Music of Bach - Dr. Timothy Olsen, organ
03/30/2025 - 07:00 PM

The Davidson Bach Festival concludes with a performance by Dr. Timothy Olsen. This concert is free; donations appreciated.

Davidson College Presbyterian Church (sanctuary)

100 N. Main Street, Davidson, NC

Brilliant Concerti of the Baroque
04/03/2025 - 07:00 PM

NCBO presents a program of baroque concerti by Bach, Handel, Corelli, and others, featuring soloists from the orchestra. Donations appreciated at the door or via our website.

First Presbyterian Church

125 N. Meeting Street, Statesville, NC

Brilliant Concerti of the Baroque
04/04/2025 - 07:00 PM

NCBO presents a program of baroque concerti for strings by Bach, Handel, Corelli, and others, with soloists from the orchestra. This concert is presented by The Friends of Music of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. $20 requested donation at the door.

St. Paul's Episcopal Church

520 Summit Street, Winston Salem, NC

Brilliant Concerti of the Baroque
04/05/2025 - 02:30 PM

NCBO presents a program of baroque concerti for strings by Bach, Handel, Corelli, and others, with soloists from the orchestra.

Orringer Auditorium, Craven Community College

800 College Ct., New Bern, NC

Brilliant Concerti of the Baroque
04/06/2025 - 03:00 PM

NCBO presents a program of baroque concerti for strings by Bach, Handel, Corelli, and others, with soloists from the orchestra. Donations appreciated at the door or via our website.

Hayes Barton United Methodist Church

2209 Fairview Road, Raleigh, NC

Vespers at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
05/01/2025 - 04:00 PM

Episcopal Vespers service with the NCBO Viol Consort (lead by Gail Schroeder) and the choirs of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, featuring music by Orlando Gibbons.

Trinity Episcopal Cathedral

1100 Sumter Street, Columbia, SC 29201

South Carolina Baroque Music Festival - NCBO
05/16/2025 - 07:00 PM

NCBO performs music of the baroque as part of the first-ever South Carolina Baroque Music Festival, presented by SC Bach.

Trinity Church of Greenville

100 Pete Hollis Blvd., Greenville, SC

South Carolina Baroque Music Festival - Mass in B minor
05/18/2025 - 07:00 PM

The South Carolina Baroque Music Festival concludes with a performance of Bach's monumental Mass in B minor. NCBO joins the South Carolina Bach Choir and Soloists and conductor David Rhyne.

St. Paul's Anglican Church

304 E. Eamperdown Way, Greenville, SC

South Carolina Baroque Music Festival - David Wilson, baroque violin
05/18/2025 - 02:00 PM

As part of the first-ever South Carolina Baroque Music Festival, NCBO violinist David Wilson performs a recital of unaccompanied works by Telemann and Bach.

Greenville County Museum of Art

420 College Street, Greenville, SC

NCBO Chamber Players
05/24/2025 - 06:30 PM

NCBO Chamber Players performs music of the baroque

Lancaster Cultural Arts Center

309 West Gay Street, Lancaster, SC

Past Events

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About

The North Carolina Baroque Orchestra (NCBO), a period instrument ensemble, was co-founded in 2011 by sisters and musical collaborators Frances Blaker and Barbara Blaker Krumdieck for the purpose of providing orchestral and chamber music opportunities for musicians specializing in baroque performance practice.

It was clear from their first concerts in 2011 that there was a need for NCBO. The musicians were hungry for an opportunity to play baroque orchestral music on period instruments at a professional level, and the audiences were excited by their exuberant, refreshing and inspiring performances.

The North Carolina Baroque Orchestra maintains a goal of presenting refined, stylistic, artistic and fun performances, engaging both the players and the listeners in the stories and historical context behind the music.

Frances Blaker - Conductor & Artistic Director

Frances Blaker is a virtuoso recorder player and world-renowned expert in baroque performance practice, teaching workshops throughout The United States and Europe. She is a unique and exciting conductor, inspiring the NCBO players to bring new life to old music! Ms Blaker lives in the San Francisco Bay Area where she maintains an active teaching studio and works on her compositions.

Barbara Krumdieck - Executive Director & Cellist

Barbara manages all of the details involved in putting performances together. The NCBO players travel in from near and far. Some are in the Carolinas, but a large number of the players travel in from all over the country including California, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee , Georgia, Washington, D.C., Texas, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Virginia. Ms. Krumdieck contracts the musicians, arranges for their transportation and housing, provides them with music and makes them feel welcome and valued within NCBO. She is also liaison between the orchestra and choir directors who contract NCBO for their special projects.

Board Members

Barbara Blaker Krumdieck

Executive Director

George Bohmfalk

Chair

Thomas Miller

Chair Elect

Chuck Latham

Treasurer

Jane Cain

Member

Mary Lathem

Member

Donors

Friends of Telemann

Letitia Berlin

Frances Blaker

Franklin Canning

Hyon Suk Cartee

Renee Garner

Josiah Marineau

Kelly Nivison

Benjamin Sackmary

Friends of Couperin

Jacqueline Dienemann

Charles and Mary Emerich

Doug Flack and Judy Harris

Elizabeth Hindal

Marta Howard

Cara Jokell

Rosemary and Ben Klein

Helene Neergaard

William Rahn

Suzanne Rousso

William Stewart

Friends of Vivaldi

Jan Blodgett

Jane and Larry Cain

Richard and Jody Carver

Richard Crandall

Katherine Goodson

Suzanne Johnson

Deborah McRae

Mike and Susan Melton

Martha Perry-Heartland Baroque

Robert and Frances Thomas

David Wilson

Friends of Handel

Susan and Guy Beaumont

Catherine Mowry

Lance Pedigo

Matt and Cristina Shaul

Alice and Al Sudduth

The Bach Family

George Bohmfalk

Mary and Kent Carpenter

Paul and Kay Keller

Chuck and Judy Latham

Thomas and Kim Miller

Edmund Plake

Price and Margaret Zimmermann

Support NCBO

Your donations to the North Carolina Baroque Orchestra are critical in supporting the performances of these master musicians.

Levels

Friends of Telemann

Up to $99

Friends of Couperin

$100-$249

Friends of Vivaldi

$250-$499

Friends of Handel

$500-$999

The Bach Family

$1,000+

Corporate Sponsorship

Information Sheet

Contributions to NCBO

Fund projects

Your donations help fund our instrumental projects with artistic director Frances Blaker.

Enrich musicians

Your donations help fund our annual orchestra building retreat, a week of working together with Frances Blaker in rehearsals, sectionals and seminars which is followed by several concerts.

Support communities

Your donations help support our efforts to bring period-instrument orchestral and chamber music concerts to underserved communities through-out the southeastern United States.

Your gift is tax-deductible as allowed by law. The North Carolina Baroque Orchestra is a 501(c)(3) organization, Fed. Tax ID: 84-2690097. Financial information about this organization and a copy of its license are available from the State Solicitation Licensing Branch at 919-814-5400. The license is not an endorsement by the State.

Testimonials

The superb North Carolina Baroque Orchestra accompanied. There were just nine performers for this evening’s concert, but their full tone belied that number. The balance with the choir of about thirty was very fine. Phrasing and rhythm were tight and they created the tone and moods needed in this wide-ranging dramatic work.

WITH ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH CHOIR, DIRECTOR RONNIE WISE – HANDEL’S ‘MESSIAH’

This way-ahead-of-its-time harmonic adventure was a challenge for the orchestra for its difficult intonation, which they passed with sparkling confidence and brilliance.

DIRECTED BY FRANCES BLAKER – FRANZ BIBER’S PARS III FROM MENSA SONORA (1680)

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Mailing Address:

PO Box 2305, Davidson, NC 28036

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