The musicians of Apollo’s Fire are early music artists drawn from an international pool of period-instrument specialists. Music Director Jeannette Sorrell invites musicians for each program according to the specialized repertoire and instrumentation of that program. While many of these artists have been playing with Apollo’s Fire for over a dozen years, each of them appears only in the program(s) that correspond to their instrument and/or specialty.

The following musicians perform frequently with Apollo’s Fire and will be appearing in the 2007-8 season. Founding members are indicated with an asterisk.

Violin
*Cynthia Roberts, Founding Concertmaster
Concertmaster for “Mozart & Haydn on FIRE"
Soloist in Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
Jennifer Roig-Francolí, Associate Concertmaster
Acting Concertmaster for “The Competition”
Soloist in Vivaldi’s Four Seasons on tour
*Julie Andrijeski, principal
Acting Concertmaster for “Lovers & Lyres”
Soloist in Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
Evan Few, principal
Acting Concertmaster for Praetorius “Christmas Vespers”
*Miho Hashizume, principal
Soloist in Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
Carrie Krause
Johanna Novom
Joan Plana Nadal
Emi Tanabe
*Cheryl Trace

Viola
Karina Schmitz, principal
Kristen Linfante

Cello
*René Schiffer, principal
Soloist in the Vivaldi Concerto for Two Cellos (Vivaldi Seasons program)
Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann
Soloist in the Vivaldi Concerto for Two Cellos (Vivaldi Seasons program)
Christopher Haritatos
Catharina Meints

Viola da gamba
*René Schiffer
Catharina Meints

Contrabass
Sue Yelanjian

Flauto Traverso & Recorder
*Michael Lynn
*Kathie Lynne Stewart

Oboe
Washington McClain
Debra Nagy

Trumpet
Barry Bauguess
Norman Engel

Sackbut/Early Trombone
*Paul Ferguson
Peter Christensen
Peter Collins

Timpani
Matthew Bassett

Plucked Instruments
Richard Stone, theorbo & archlute
William Simms, theorbo & guitar
Christa Patton, harp

Keyboard Continuo
*Jeannette Sorrell
Peter Bennett
Michael Sponseller