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Carrie Krause:
Violinist Carrie Krause’s “elegant, sparking performance brought audience cheers” – Seattle Post Intelligencer. Raised in Fairbanks, Alaska, Carrie Krause performs as baroque violinist with ensembles across the country and on numerous international series. This past season, Carrie was guest artistic director and concerto soloist with Seattle Baroque in a performance on Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. She has performed as concertmaster of New Trinity Baroque in Atlanta, as guest concertmaster of Pacific Baroque in Vancouver and the San Francisco Bach Choir, and as associate concertmaster of Apollo’s Fire in Cleveland. Carrie has also appeared with Chatham Baroque, New York State Baroque, Portland Baroque, Passamezzo Moderno, Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado, Clarion, American Classical Orchestra, and Concert Royale in New York. Festival engagements include the Leipzig Bach Festival as soloist, the Belgrade Early Music Festival in Serbia, Sastamalla Gregoriana in Finland, the Utrecht Early Music Festival, Festival Dan les Jardins de William Christie, and the BBC Proms. Carrie has worked under such conductors as Jordi Savall, Ton Koopman, Richard Egarr, Nic McGegan, and Masaaki Suzuki. Carrie founded the I-90 Collective, a baroque ensemble, which performs house concert series across Montana, has been presented on series from Seattle to Syracuse, and was recently featured on Spokane Public Radio. She also founded Baroque Music Montana, which presents a series of community concerts in southwest Montana and a workshop on period performance. Carrie has presented classes on baroque style for the Fairbanks Suzuki Institute, Montana State University, and the Bozeman Symphony.
As a modern violinist, Carrie serves as concertmaster of the Bozeman Symphony. She was featured in the Grammy Award-winning TV series, 11th and Grant, as a founding member of the Meritage String Quartet. Carrie founded and directs the Second String Orchestra for amateurs. Carrie has performed as soloist with the Fairbanks Symphony, Casper Symphony, National Repertory Orchestra, String Orchestra of the Rockies, and Bozeman Symphony. She has appeared as guest concertmaster of the Big Sky Festival Orchestra and Helena Symphony. Carrie maintains a studio of thirty students, including award winners at the MTNA and ASTA competitions. She organizes regional student tours and directs a student chamber music and orchestra program. Carrie received degrees from Carnegie Mellon under Andres Cardenes and a master’s degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music in violin performance and Suzuki Pedagogy, and recently graduated with a second masters from The Juilliard School in Historical Performance. An avid adventurer, Carrie placed first in her age group in the Springfield Missouri Marathon and second in her age group in the Old Gabe 50K Trail race.
As a modern violinist, Carrie serves as concertmaster of the Bozeman Symphony. She was featured in the Grammy Award-winning TV series, 11th and Grant, as a founding member of the Meritage String Quartet. Carrie founded and directs the Second String Orchestra for amateurs. Carrie has performed as soloist with the Fairbanks Symphony, Casper Symphony, National Repertory Orchestra, String Orchestra of the Rockies, and Bozeman Symphony. She has appeared as guest concertmaster of the Big Sky Festival Orchestra and Helena Symphony. Carrie maintains a studio of thirty students, including award winners at the MTNA and ASTA competitions. She organizes regional student tours and directs a student chamber music and orchestra program. Carrie received degrees from Carnegie Mellon under Andres Cardenes and a master’s degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music in violin performance and Suzuki Pedagogy, and recently graduated with a second masters from The Juilliard School in Historical Performance. An avid adventurer, Carrie placed first in her age group in the Springfield Missouri Marathon and second in her age group in the Old Gabe 50K Trail race.