Storms, Ice, and Whales by Willem van der Does

She taught music history, theory, and early music performance from 1994-2015 at William & Mary. Her Fulbright-supported research on the music of the 17th-century Dutch carillonneur and recorder virtuoso Jacob van Eyck was published in 1991 and is in its third printing. Ruth van Baak Griffioen (recorder) studied music at Calvin College, recorder at the University of Michigan, and musicology at Stanford University (PhD, 1988). He served as organist for the Williamsburg Presbyterian Church for 27 years, and is now organist for the Williamsburg United Methodist Church. Marshall also plays harpsichord with many chamber ensembles, and frequently performs with the Virginia Symphony. He has been featured on numerous CW recordings and issued a CD of the solo organ transcriptions of concerti by Vivaldi and Ernst as arranged by J.S. For over 25 years he was harpsichordist for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation using their extensive collection of historic keyboard instruments. He has performance degrees from James Madison University and from the University of Michigan. Thomas Marshall (harpsichord) joined the music faculty at William & Mary in 1981 where he teaches organ and harpischord performance. The ensemble is sponsored by the Virginia Commission for the Arts and drawn from current and former William & Mary music faculty and Colonial Williamsburg. Based in Williamsburg, the Wren Masters specialize in historical performance of 17th and 18th century music played on harpsichord, recorder, baroque violin, and viola da gamba.

The program includes music by Telemann, Marin Marais, Buxtehude, and J.S Bach. The Wren Masters baroque ensemble will present the program, 'Baroque Brilliance,' which features music by virtuoso composer-performers of the eighteenth century.

Storms, Ice, and Whales by Willem van der Does