The Kingsbury Ensemble

Performers

Here's an introduction to the Kingsbury regulars.

Maryse Carlin, ensemble director and harpsichordist, made her Carnegie Recital Hall debut under the auspices of Jeunesses Musicales. She has made several concerto appearances on piano and harpsichord with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, and appeared on the Great Performers at Lincoln Center Mozart Marathon at Alice Tully Hall. Ms. Carlin holds degrees from the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris and the University of Paris. She is founder of the Festival de Musique Ancienne in Saint Savin, France.

Seth Carlin, fortepiano, has appeared as soloist with orchestras such as the Saint Louis Symphony, San Francisco Philharmonia Baroque, Toronto Tafelmusik and Boston Pops, with conductors such as Leonard Slatkin, Nicholas McGegan and Roger Norrington. He has played at the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy, the Marlboro Music Festival, the Newport Music Festival in Rhode Island, and the Sante Fe Chamber Music Festival. In addition he has made appearances on French, Swedish, German and Chinese national television and radio.

Marc Thayer, violin, earned a Bachelor's and Masters in Music Performance from the Eastman School of Music. Since then he has played with the New World Symphony, the National Symphony of Bolivia, the National Symphony of Iraq, the Schlossfest Opera Orchestra in Heidelberg, Germany, and the Chamber Orchestra of the Festival d'Aix en Provence, France. Marc manages Community Partnership programs for the Saint Louis Symphony and is Artistic Producer for the St. Croix Landmarks Society. He teaches at St. Louis University and Webster Community Music School.

Paul Thompson, traversa, studied at the London College of Music and at the Paris Conservatoire. He performs throughout his native England and the United States on both the modern and Baroque flutes. He is a member of the Kingsbury Ensemble and the Southeast Baroque Ensemble.

 

Christine Johnson, soprano, has specialized in Baroque music and attended the Oberlin Conservatory Baroque Performance Institute. She received her Master of Music degree in vocal performance from Washington University and performs regularly as a soloist in the Saint Louis area.

Ken Kulosa, cello, has been a member of the Chicago Symphony and the Chicago Chamber musicians, and is now in his tenth year of playing with the St Louis Symphony. He is very active as a baroque cellist, playing with the Kingsbury Ensemble, Bach at the Sem, and Early Music St Louis. He is in great demand as a teacher and has been named Artist/Teacher of the year 2003 by the Missouri chapter of the American String Association.

Margaret Humphrey, baroque violin, is currently an active Twin Cities freelance musician. She has performed solo and in ensemble with the Lyra Concert, Rose Ensemble, Ex Machina Baroque Opera Company, Minneapolis Chamber Symphony and Music da Camera. Along with appearances at the Boston Early Music Festival and the San Antonio Music Festival, Ms. Humphrey has performed and studied at the Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute. Ms. Humphrey was heard live on WGBH, Boston and on KSJN-Minnesota Public radio. She has toured widely in both the U.S. and South America.

Jay Carter, countertenor, recently received a Masters of Music from Yale’s school of Music, where he studied with James Taylor, Simon Carrington and Judith Malafonte. Carter is a featured soloist on recordings of Bach’s Magnificat in D,and Buxtehude Membra Jesu Nostri, which will be released commercially in late 2008. This year, he will also make his Carnegie Hall debut in Handel’s Messiah with Musica Sacra and Kent Tritle.

Jessica Goodenough-Heuser, soprano, graduated in 2004 with a Bachelor in vocal performance from Washington University where she studied with Christine Armistead. Her love of Baroque music has led her to attend the summer Baroque Institute at Vancouver under the guidance of Ellen Hargis.