Margaret Faultless director

Devon Baroque, the South West’s leading professional chamber orchestra performing on baroque instruments and using historically informed performance techniques, brings music alive to audiences, especially in areas with limited access to such events. It has a reputation for vibrant, exuberant and polished performance due in part to the charismatic direction (from the violin) of the internationally renowned Margaret Faultless who is co-leader of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and for over twelve years leader of the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. A graduate of Cambridge University, she has established a Baroque project there, lectures at Bristol University, is the Director of Studies of the European Union Baroque Orchestra and regularly directs orchestras at the Royal Academy of Music.

Sample Programme:

Corelli - Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.3 in c
Telemann - Concerto for Two Violas in G
Bach - Concerto for Harpsichord in d
Handel - Suite from Rinaldo
Vivaldi - Concerto for bassoon and strings in F
Handel - Concerto Grosso in D

Education:

Devon Baroque has a growing education programme working in schools with amateurs and promotes further understanding of music through workshops, masterclasses and talks.

Performances:

13 Sep 06 Totnes Arts Festival
11 Nov 06 Dartington Hall
9 Dec 06 Wells Cathedral
27 May 07 Barnfield Theatre, Exeter
29 Sep 07 Exeter Cathedral

Contact:

Margaret Faultless, The Old School House, Alton Barnes

Marlborough SN8 4LB

Email: maggiefaultless@onetel.com Website: www.devonbaroque.co.uk