Tom Axworthy (recorders and shawms) -- Biography coming soon
Mary Ann Ballard (viols) -- Biography coming soon
JULIE JEFFREY (viols) has been playing the viol since 1976. She has performed throughout the U.S., in Canada, Mexico, Europe and Australia, and teaches privately and at workshops in the U.S. and abroad. Ms. Jeffrey is a member of Sex Chordae Consort of Viols, Wildcat Viols and the viol duo Hallifax & Jeffrey. She is the co-director of Barefoot Chamber Concerts, serves on the Viola da Gamba Society of America board of directors, and is a co-founder and active member of the Viola da Gamba Society, Pacifica Chapter.
Mindy Rosenfeld (flutes and recorders) -- Biography coming soon
TOM ZAJAC (winds) is a multi-instrumentalist praised for his versatility and stylish playing in the performance of music from the medieval and Renaissance periods. He’s a member of the wind band Piffaro, which appeared in the festival last season, and appears frequently with the Folger Consort, King’s Noyse, Newberry Consort, Hesperus, and other leading US ensembles. He has performed 14th-century music in the East Wing of the White House during the Clinton years, played serpent in a piece by PDQ Bach on an episode of A Prairie Home Companion, and the sound of his bagpipe awoke the astronauts every morning on a 2001 space shuttle mission (on a recording, of course). He’s performed on the sound track of several PBS documentaries for Emmy award-winning producer and composer Brian Keane and has participated in over 40 recording projects ranging from medieval dances to 20th-century chamber music. Tom directs the Medieval/Renaissance week of the San Francisco Early Music Society workshops in Sonoma, CA, teaches at other workshops throughout the US, and at Wellesley College, near his home in Boston.