Folk Baroque

Joy Grimes is a versatile performer and teacher of violin and viola.  Her performances range from Irish traditional music to Baroque and contemporary classical music.  Highlights of her performing career include touring Japan with Cambridge Concentus; serving as principal violist of the Orchestra of the Southern Tier; touring Ireland with band West O'Clare; and exploring historic instruments such as the treble viol, rebec, and pardessus de viol.   Joy is an established violin and viola instructor and has completed training in Suzuki pedagogy with John Kendall and Vera McCoy-Sulentic.  Joy founded and led a Suzuki program in Corning, NY, and currently teaches at Suzuki School of Newton (MA).  She holds a degree from Southern Illinois University, and a DMA from Boston University. 

Emily Rideout enjoys an active performing career on both modern and Baroque viola. She was twice winner of the Boston University Bach Competition, and has appeared as guest with the Muir, Emerson, and Avalon String Quartets.  She appears with ensembles ranging from period-instrument groups Boston Baroque and the Handel and Haydn Society, to the Grammy-nominated ensembles Boston Modern Orchestra Project and A Far Cry.  She has been a featured soloist performing unaccompanied Bach on NPR station WBUR.   Emily has extensive training in violin / viola pedagogy and Suzuki Method, and is a frequent lecturer on pedagogy topics including the intersection of period performance and string teaching.  She is also an avid folk musician, having appeared as fiddle player in the bands Fort  Point Ramblers and Three Tall Pines, whose award-winning album of original music drew critical acclaim.   Ms. Rideout holds a Doctorate from Boston University, and degrees from Stony Brook University and Moravian College. 

Daniel Rowe divides his professional time between performing as cellist and programming as a software engineer. He studied cello with David Finckel and Jerry Grossman at S.U.N.Y, Purchase, and Baroque cello with Fortunato Arico. He was a graduate student at Boston University. He has played with the American Repertory and Huntington Theatre companies, including world premier runs of three Philip Glass operas. Daniel has performed with the Greek tenor Mario Frangoulis, touring parts of the United states and Canada. He is currently a member of the Providence Baroque Orchestra and of the Cambridge-based group "Renaissonics". For over 26 years he has played electric cello with the Guy Ford Band. Daniel has been a lead programmer at several start-up software companies.

“A rich musical stew...three expert players in Baroque and fiddle styles...[sharing music from] the earliest genome of our American musical culture.”

-Theodore Mook, Early Music Specialist; Director, SwitchArts Chamber Music Series

“Folk Baroque's technical acumen is matched by their fun and adventurous spirit...[they] make me tap my toes and laugh along! An intimate musical experience...gifted musicians, kind people, and great storytellers.”

-Emily Isaacson, Director, Classical Uprising and Portland Bach Experience