Blue Heron is a highly flexible performing organization which draws from a roster of musicians in order to constitute the ensemble best suited to the repertoire at hand. The ensemble may range in size from three singers (for a fifteenth-century song) to a dozen (for an early sixteenth-century English festal mass) and adds instruments when appropriate. The performers are drawn largely from Boston’s early music community, with other musicians from New York, Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New Haven, Montreal, Toronto, and Cleveland.
Performers in the 2024-25 season
Voices
Michael Barrett
Cameron Beauchamp
Cody Bowers
Sarah Brailey
Cecilia Duarte
Daniel Fridley
Paul Guttry
Corey Dalton Hart
Steven Hrycelak
Kim Leeds
David McFerrin
Jason McStoots
Sophie Michaux
Jacob Perry
Laura Pudwell
Stefan Reed
James Reese
Margot Rood
Aaron Sheehan
Sonja DuToit Tengblad
Sumner Thompson
Teresa Wakim
Instrumentalists
Orí Harmelin, lute
Laura Jeppesen, fiddle & rebec
Scott Metcalfe, harp & fiddle
Debra Nagy, douçaine & recorder
Charles Weaver, lute
Co-founders of Blue Heron
Performers in previous seasons
Ryaan Ahmed, guitar
Julie Andrijeski, violin
Jennifer Ashe
Becky Baxter, double harp
Glenn Billingsley
Steven Bradshaw
Lydia Brotherton
Jonas Budris
Dashon Burton
Megan Chartrand
Michael Collver, cornetto
Allen Combs
Anna Danilevskaia, vihuela de arco
Carley DeFranco
Pamela Dellal
Camilla Finlay, dancer
Brad Fugate
Philippe Gagné
Brian Giebler
Jolle Greenleaf
Anna Griffis, viola
Jonathan Hess, percussion
William Hite
Greg Ingles, trombone
Hank Heijink, lute
Ian Howell
Lydia Knutson
Steven Lundahl, trombone
Simon Martyn-Ellis, vihuela & guitar
Owen McIntosh
Clare McNamara
David McSweeney
Eric Milnes, organ
Reginald Mobley
Allison Monroe, fiddle
Elena Mullins
Martin Near
Alexandra Opsahl, cornetto
Alexander Nishibun
Johanna Novom, violin
Andrew Padgett
Gerrod Pagenkopf
Timothy Parsons
Kevin Payne, lute
Jessica Petrus
Ken Pierce, dancer
John Proft
Mack Ramsey, trombone
Mark Rimple, lute
Emma-Lisa Roux, lute
Erik Schmalz, trombone
David Thorne Scott
Jane Sheldon
Corey Shotwell
Steven Soph
Mark Sprinkle
Julia Steinbok
Daniel Stillman, dulcian
Peter Sykes
Ulysses Thomas
Paul Max Tipton
Kiri Tollaksen, cornetto
Daniela Tošić
Emily Walhout, bass violin
Peter Walker
John Taylor Ward
Brenna Wells
Bob Wiemken, dulcian & recorder
Zachary Wilder
Shari Alise Wilson
Darrick Yee
Tom Zajac
Daniel Zuluaga, vihuela & guitar
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