baroklyn

Baroklyn is a group of string players which I lead from the piano. We’re a community that shares the artistic vision that is most important to me, that music should be creative and new. Rehearsal is important to us, and I’ve been influenced by theater practice in which we listen to each other and pass musical ideas and phrases within the group. We rehearse and perform in a semi-circle around the piano and I rearrange parts to emphasize lines, voices and imitative qualities to create a sense of dialogue. I often work with the composer Philip Lasser who makes continuo parts in his contemporary idiom.

The members of Baroklyn are predominantly female, although not exclusively! That’s a reflection of the fact that they are outstanding musicians who I discovered and brought together through networks of friendship. We have recently recorded Complicité, an album consisting of works by Bach with a twist.

-Simone Dinnerstein, Director

DISCOGRAPHY

Complicité

Release Date: May 30, 2025

Complicité is Simone Dinnerstein’s first recording with Baroklyn, the string ensemble she founded and directs. The album features the music of J.S. Bach and Philip Lasser with featured performances by Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano and Peggy Pearson, oboe d’amore.

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COLLECTIVE MEMBERS

Violin
Rebecca Fischer, concertmaster
Monica Davis
Gabriela Diaz*
Pauline Kim Harris*
Colleen Jennings
Karla Donehew Perez
Annaliesa Place
Suzy Perelman

Viola
Celia Hatton
Jeremy Kienbaum
Caeli Smith*
Jessica Thompson

Cello
Alexis Pia Gerlach*
Julian Müller

Bass
Lizzie Burns*
Anthony Manzo*

*Principal