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"The
highly satisfying ... concert was among the best offered this
season by an ensemble that seems to top itself with each outing.
It shook and stirred beauty, variety and abundant intellectual
and aesthetic interest."
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Punch Shaw, Fort Worth Star Telegram |
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 In
2004, Fort Worth Early Music became Texas Camerata
to reflect the organization's increased outreach in North Texas
and beyond. Proudly based in Fort Worth, the group is dedicated
to performing the music of the Baroque and Classical eras with
an emphasis on historical style. Texas Camerata
has presented numerous concerts as part of the Boston Early Music
Festival concurrent events series to rave reviews, most recently
in June 2007.
Offering
a four-concert subscription series in Fort Worth and additional
concerts throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Texas
Camerata’s programs combine a captivating mix of
familiar and less well-known vocal and instrumental chamber music.
Introducing their audience to “hidden gems,” while
simultaneously giving fresh interpretations to familiar favorites
remains the primary focus of Texas Camerata.
Kristin
Van Cleve, Artistic Director
Jean Hadley, Board President
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 Kristin
Van Cleve, Violin and Artistic Director |
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George
Dimitri has served as a contrabassist for the Fort Worth
Symphony since 1986. He also was Principal Bassist of the Dallas
Opera Orchestra from 1993-2001. While having performed extensively
in chamber music, bluegrass, folk, jazz and the avant-garde throughout,
always close to his heart, has been performance of baroque music
with period instruments or period performance practices. He was
the founding bassist for Fort Worth Early Music, which later became
Texas Camerata. He lives in Arlington with his wife, violist Kristi
Swanson, and their many pets.
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Adam
Gordon, Trumpet |
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Karen
Hall (Cello and Viola da gamba) is a member of the Fort
Worth Symphony and Principal Cellist of Texas Camerata. She holds
a Bachelor of Music degree in performance with high honors from
the University of Illinois and a Master's degree from Texas Christian
University. She is a past member of the Dallas Opera Orchestra and
the Memphis Symphony and has performed with the Dallas and Houston
Symphonies as well as numerous other organizations. Ms. Hall has
concertized on Grand Canyon and Green River raft trips as well as
at Camp Denali, a wilderness resort in Alaska. Karen grew up in
Lincoln, Nebraska and is married to Kevin Hall, principal bassoonist
of the Fort Worth Symphony. She makes jewelry that is available
at the Great Hall shop in Bass Performance Hall. |
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Kevin
Hall has been the principal bassoonist of the Fort Worth
Symphony Orchestra since 1977. In addition to performing with the
FWSO and Texas Camerata, Mr. Hall also performs with the period
instrument ensembles Ars Lyrica Houston and Mercury Baroque. He
has been listed as one of the top baroque bassoonists in the country
in Early Music America, and he has taught baroque bassoon at the
University of North Texas, Denton. Mr. Hall has also published a
collection of Bach Cantata movements for baroque bassoon. He studied
modern bassoon with members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and
the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and baroque bassoon with Michael McCraw
and Robin Howell. Kevin is an avid hunter and target shooter, woodturner,
stained glass artist, and is learning to make Baroque woodwind instruments. |
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Lee
Lattimore, Flute |
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