Baroque Ensemble

Conducted by Arthur Haas
arthur.haas@stonybrook.edu

About
Baroque Sundays at Three is Long Island’s leading music series dedicated to historically informed performance of early music. Concerts are offered free with a suggested goodwill donation of $10 for adults and $5 for students and seniors to offset expenses and further the study and performance of early music at Stony Brook University.

Rehearsal Time
Thursdays from  10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Room 0111, Music Building 

BAROQUE SUNDAYS @ 3pm 2024-2025 Schedule

This is Long Island’s leading early music series dedicated to historical informed performance of early music.

Sunday, September 8, 2024, 3:00 PM

RELIC BAROQUE STRING ENSEMBLE

This exciting new Washington, D.C.-based group offers intimate, imaginative and dramatic representations of early music, with the goal of connecting to audiences all over the country. Relic’s innovative programming results in a breathtaking concert experience and has captured the hearts of new and seasoned concertgoers alike.

Sunday, November 24, 2024, 3:00 PM 

MASTERPIECES OF THE BAROQUE 

The Stony Brook Baroque Players will perform its annual pre-Thanksgiving concert of vocal and instrumental gems from the 17th and 18th centuries. The cream of the crop of Stony Brook graduate students will amaze and thrill you with their dedication to expressive and virtuoso performances on both period and modern instruments. Featured composers will include Bach, Telemann, Rameau and more.

Sunday, February 2, 2025, 3:00 PM

THE ECSTATIC AND THE DIVINE

The Suore Project — an exciting new group from Boston — will present the passionate music of nun composers that spans eras and empires, from the 9th century Eastern Roman Empire to 17th century Italy to contemporary Ethiopia. Inspiring works by Rosa Giacinta Badalla, Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, Kassia of Byzantium and others will ignite the heart and delight the mind.

Sunday, March 16, 2025, 3:00 PM 

HARPISCHORDS GALORE

The Stony Brook Harpsichord Studio will present an exciting afternoon of solos, chamber music and concertos, featuring some of the most endearing music from the Baroque era. Don’t miss this journey up the Rhine of French and German masterpieces from the 17th and 18th centuries. Featured will be music of the Bach family, Couperin and more.

Sunday, April 13, 2025, 3:00 PM

STONY BROOK BAROQUE PLAYERS IN CONCERT

Our season ends with a celebration of the enormously talented graduate students from Stony Brook’s music department. We will feature expressive and virtuoso vocal and instrumental music from the Baroque age with works from the early 17th century, including Monteverdi, through to the genius of Bach and Handel.

All concerts are in the Staller Center Recital Hall. Admission is free with a suggested donation of $10 per person.

Audition Information
This ensemble is only open to graduate students in the Department of Music. For special consideration, please contact  music director Arthur Haas.