Repast Baroque Ensemble
 
 
“A graceful, energetic ensemble...” Allan Kozinn, The New York Times Acclaimed by the New York Times for its "vital performances" and “robust” playing, Repast is a collaboration of three period-instrument virtuosi presenting vivid renditions of music of the baroque era. Repast members Keri Mikkelson (harpsichord), Amelia Roosevelt (violin), and John Mark Rozendaal (violoncello and viola da gamba), each have active careers in historical performance and bring a wealth of experience and knowledge to the trio’s programs. Repast enjoys frequent and fruitful collaborations with leading period instrument players and vocalists in order to explore the vast, masterful repertoire of the baroque era. The group’s name, meaning a meal or a feast, is a double-entendre: out of the revival of past music comes a delectable, spiritually nourishing experience. Founded in New York City, the ensemble was a finalist in the Early Music America/Naxos Recording Competition in 2003. Since then the group has performed in the New York Early Music Celebration, the Lyceum Concert Series, the Brooklyn Friends Meeting House, Midtown Concerts, the Staller Center for the Arts, Museum Concerts of Rhode Island, and the Times Center as part of the Gotham Early Music Scene. Repast currently presents a concert series at Baruch Performing Arts Center.   Repast’s musicians are committed educators and the group has presented workshops and lecture-demonstrations at Columbia University, the Brooklyn Queens Conservatory of Music, and Baruch College.
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Amelia Roosevelt, baroque violin
Keri Mikkelson, harpsichord
John Mark Rozendaal, viola da gamba and baroque cello
Photo: David Rodgers