Upcoming Events
NCBO Chamber Players
11/19/2024 - 04:00 PM
NCBO Chamber Players presents quartets for oboe and strings by František Kramář, Johann Gottlieb Janitsch, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Trilogy Lake Norman
310 Exploration Blvd, Denver, NC
NCBO Chamber Players - Greatest Hits
11/20/2024 - 07:30 PM
NCBO Chamber Players performs some of our favorite tunes, including music by Heinrich Biber, J.S. Bach, Arcangelo Corelli, and others.
Carol Woods Retirement Community
750 Weaver Dairy Road, Chapel Hill, NC
NCBO Chamber Players
11/22/2024 - 06:30 PM
NCBO Chamber Players presents quartets for oboe and strings by František Kramář, Johann Gottlieb Janitsch, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
St. Margaret's Episcopal Church
St. Margaret's Episcopal Church
Messiah in Kinston
12/09/2024 - 07:00 PM
Handel's "Messiah" with the Kinston-Lenoir Community Chorus.
First Presbyterian Church
2101 N Herritage St, Kinston, NC 28501
Messiah in Wilmington
12/13/2024 - 07:30 PM
Handel's "Messiah" with the choir of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Wilmington, NC.
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
16 N 16th St, Wilmington, NC 28401
Messiah in Columbia, SC
12/15/2024 - 04:00 PM
Handel's "Messiah" with the choirs of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Columbia, SC.
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
1100 Sumter Street, Columbia, SC 29201
NCBO Chamber Players
12/20/2024 - 07:00 PM
"Glorious Baroque Music to Celebrate the Holidays" Handel's "Gloria in excelsis Deo" and music by Buxtehude, Corelli and Telemann. Guest Soprano: Kathryn Knauer Violins: David Wilson & Martie Perry Recorders: Frances Blaker & Tish Berlin Harpsichord: Barbara Weiss Cello: Barbara Krumdieck
St. Michael's Lutheran Church
2619 Augusta St, Greenville, SC
NCBO Chamber Players
12/21/2024 - 12:00 PM
"Glorious Baroque Music to Celebrate the Holidays" Handel's "Gloria in excelsis Deo" and music by Buxtehude, Corelli and Telemann. Guest Soprano: Kathryn Knauer Violins: David Wilson & Martie Perry Recorders: Frances Blaker & Tish Berlin Harpsichord: Barbara Weiss Cello: Barbara Krumdieck
Trilogy Lake Norman
6844 Shoal Creek Dr, Denver, NC
NCBO Chamber Players
12/22/2024 - 03:00 PM
"Glorious Baroque Music to Celebrate the Holidays" Handel's "Gloria in excelsis Deo" and music by Buxtehude, Corelli and Telemann. Guest Soprano: Kathryn Knauer Violins: David Wilson & Martie Perry Recorders: Frances Blaker & Tish Berlin Harpsichord: Barbara Weiss Cello: Barbara Krumdieck
Lancaster Cultural Arts Center
309 W Gay St, Lancaster, SC
Christmas Eve service
12/24/2024 - 05:30 PM
Christmas Eve prelude music and church service
First Presbyterian Church
125 N. Meeting Street, Statesville, NC
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
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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.
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