Upcoming Events
Sip & Shop - NCBO Chamber Players at J. McLaughlin
04/24/2025 - 03:00 PM
Sip, shop, and celebrate spring! Join us with hostess Barbara Krumdieck for an afternoon of sips and spring clothing shopping, with music provided by David Wilson, baroque violin, and Barbara Norton, baroque flute. 10% of sales will benefit NCBO!
J. McLaughlin
824 Jetton Street, Davidson, NC
Vespers at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
05/04/2025 - 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
David Wilson, baroque violin
05/09/2025 - 07:00 PM
Baroque violinist David Wilson, longtime member of NCBO, will perform an unaccompanied recital featuring four Fantasias by Georg Philipp Telemann and the d minor Partita by Johann Sebastian Bach (which includes the famous Chaconne). Donations gratefully accepted.
Davidson College Presbyterian Church, Lingle Chapel (entrance faces Main Street)
100 N. Main Street, Davidson, NC
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. Our program includes Vivaldi's Concerto in C for two trumpets, Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, and other works by Bach and Vivaldi.
Trinity Church of Greenville
100 Pete Hollis Blvd., 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
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. Camperdown Way, Greenville, SC
NCBO Chamber Players
05/22/2025 - 07:00 PM
NCBO Chamber Players presents music by Corelli, Rosenmüller, Muffat, Schmelzer, and Vivaldi.
Christ Church on Capitol Square
120 East Edenton Street, Raleigh, NC
NCBO Chamber Players
05/24/2025 - 06:30 PM
NCBO Chamber Players performs music by Corelli, Muffat, Schmelzer, and Vivaldi. Admission $21
Lancaster Cultural Arts Center
307 West Gay Street, Lancaster, SC 29720
NCBO Chamber Players at Piccolo Spoleto
05/26/2025 - 03:00 PM
As part of the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, NCBO Chamber Players performs "The Glory of Handel." Trio sonatas, German arias, and the lovely Gloria in Excelsis Deo by Georg Frideric Handel. David Wilson and Annie Loud, violins Barbara Krumdieck, cello Nicholas Quardokus, harpsichord Kathryn Knauer, guest soprano
St. Mary's Catholic Church
95 Hasell Street, Charleston, SC
NCBO Chamber Players at Piccolo Spoleto
05/27/2025 - 03:00 PM
As part of the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, NCBO Chamber Players performs "Brilliant Bach and Buxtehude." Trio sonatas by Bach and Biber, arias from Bach cantatas, the Toccata in G major by Buxtehude, and the motet "O dulcis Jesu" by Buxtehude. David Wilson and Annie Loud, violins Barbara Krumdieck, cello Nicholas Quardokus, harpsichord Kathryn Knauer, guest soprano
St. Mary's Catholic Church
95 Hasell Street, Charleston, SC
NCBO Chamber Players at Piccolo Spoleto
05/29/2025 - 03:00 PM
As part of the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, NCBO Chamber Players performs "Travels through Europe: Ciaconnas, Passacaglias & more." Delightful ground-bass works from baroque Italy, France, and Germany. David Wilson and Annie Loud, violins Barbara Krumdieck, cello Nicholas Quardokus, harpsichord
St. Mary's Catholic Church
95 Hasell Street, Charleston, SC
NCBO Chamber Players at Piccolo Spoleto
05/30/2025 - 03:00 PM
As part of the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, NCBO Chamber Players performs "Flowers of the French Baroque." A lovely bouquet of works for solo harpsichord, trio sonatas, and instrumental suites by Leclair, L. Couperin, Forqueray, and Rebel. David Wilson and Annie Loud, violins Barbara Krumdieck, cello Nicholas Quardokus, harpsichord
St. Mary's Catholic Church
95 Hasell Street, Charleston, SC
NCBO Chamber Players at Piccolo Spoleto
05/31/2025 - 03:00 PM
As part of the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, NCBO Chamber Players performs "The Best of the North Carolina Baroque Orchestra Chamber Players," a program of highlights from our previous four concerts at Piccolo Spoleto. David Wilson and Annie Loud, violins Barbara Krumdieck, cello Nicholas Quardokus, harpsichord Kathryn Knauer, guest soprano
St. Mary's Catholic Church
95 Hasell Street, Charleston, SC
NCBO Chamber Players
06/27/2025 - 04:00 PM
NCBO Chamber Players presents "Welcoming Summer." The program includes two concerti from Vivaldi's "Four Seasons," Spring and Summer, plus the Concerto for Violin in a minor by J.S. Bach. David Wilson, Jeanne Johnson, and Janelle Davis, violin Asa Zimmerman, viola Barbara Krumdieck, cello William Simms, theorbo Barbara Weiss, harpsichord
Trilogy Lake Norman
6844 Shoal Creek Dr, Denver, NC 28037, United States
NCBO Chamber Players
06/29/2025 - 03:00 PM
NCBO Chamber Players presents "Welcoming Summer." The program includes two concerti from Vivaldi's "Four Seasons," Spring and Summer, plus the Concerto for Violin in a minor by J.S. Bach. David Wilson, Jeanne Johnson, and Janelle Davis, violin, Asa Zimmerman, viola, Barbara Krumdieck, cello, William Simms, theorbo, Barbara Weiss, harpsichord.
Davidson College Presbyterian Church (Sanctuary)
100 North Main Street, Davidson, NC
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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
Jane Cain
Chair
Thomas Miller
Vice Chair
Chuck Latham
Treasurer
Paul Keller
Member
Mary Lathem
Member
Matt Shaul
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
Helen McConnell
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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