Upcoming

My wife, Mikayla, and I have postponed all performances pending the birth of our daughter, Aurelia, in June 2024

Past

‘Ballet and Bach’
December 17th at 4:00 p.m.
Hawks and Reed Performing Arts Center, Greenfield, Massachusetts

Suite No. 3 in C, BWV 1009
Suite No. 5 in c minor, BWV 1011 

Choreography: Mikayla Reine Archambeau
Geoffrey Baker Archambeau, viola
Mikayla Reine Archambeau, dancer

‘Beethoven Invades Conway’
Friday, August 4th at 7:00 p.m.
St. Mark’s Church, Conway

Trio No. 3 in G for violin, viola, and cello, Op. 9 No. 1
Serenade in D for violin, viola, and cello, Op. 8

Sarah Briggs, violin
Geoffrey Baker Archambeau, viola
Douglas McNames, cello

West x Northwest New England Festival (formerly Heirloom Music Festival)
June 9th, 10th, and 11th, 2023
Ashfield, Goshen, and Greenfield, Massachusetts

‘Classical folk tales: folk dressed up for the stage’

presented by
Conway Fine Arts

Geoffrey Baker Archambeau, artistic director

The WxNW-New England Festival is made possible in part by support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council

Laura Zawarski, narrator
Allyson Michal, violin I
Kaila Graef, violin II
Geoffrey Archambeau, viola
Ignacy Gaydamovich, cello

June 9, 2023 at Ashfield Congregational Church: Concert at 7:00 p.m.
June 10, 2023 at Three Sisters Sanctuary in Goshen: Movement workshop (ages 5-10) 4:30, Concert at 6:00 p.m.
June 11, 2023 at Hawks and Reed in Greenfield: Wine tasting at 4:30 p.m., Concert at 6:30 p.m.

Readings with dramatization by Laura Zawarski: excerpts from ‘Liberty Trees’ by Gerald Vizenor, ‘The Lost Country’ by Luminita Mihai Cioaba, ‘Old Indian Legends’ by Zitkala-Sa, and ‘Poems’ by Langston Hughes

Two sketches based on Indian themes (1919)     Charles Tomlinson Griffes
Quartet for strings (in one movement), Op. 89 (1929) Amy Marcy Cheney Beach
Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56 (1915) Béla Bartók  arr. by A. Willner, based on Székely
String quartet in D, Op. 20, No. 4 (1772) Franz Joseph Haydn
Negro folk songs in counterpoint (1947) Florence Price
Lullaby for string quartet (1919) George Gershwin

Fantasias and Sonatas – works for viola and harpsichord by JS Bach & GP Telemann
Friday, April 21, 2023
7:00 p.m.
United Congregational Church of Conway

Geoffrey Archambeau, viola
Pamela Gilmore, harpsichord

Sonata No. 1 in G for viola da gamba and harpsichord, BWV 1027 J.S. Bach
Fantasia No. 3 in e minor for viol without bass, TWV 40:28 G.P. Telemann
Fantasia No. 1 for violin without bass, TWV 40:14 G.P. Telemann
Toccata in e minor for harpsichord, BWV 914 J.S. Bach
Suite No. 1 in G for solo cello, BWV 1007 J.S. Bach

Westfield Chorale

Mark Winer, Artistic Director
Sunday, March 12 at 3 p.m.
Second Congregational Church, Westfield, MA

Mass in A Jay Ducharme

‘Chocolates and Sardines:’ an evening of musical and dramatic dialogues

September 17th, 2022 at 7:00 p.m.: Roaring Brook Farm in Conway, MA
September 18th, 2022 at 4:00 p.m.: Applewood at Amherst

with

Joan Haley as Minnie
Michael Haley as Ernie

Marcia Lehninger and Kaila Graef, violins
Geoffrey Baker, viola
Ignacy Gaydamovich, cello

‘Cypresses’ for string quartet, B. 152 Antonin Dvorak
‘A Man’s Best Friend’ by James Saunders and ‘Resting Place’ by David Campton
Adapted for the stage by Michael Haley

Heirloom Music Festival, part II

August 26th, 27th, and 28th, 2022

Greenfield, Amherst, and Goshen, Massachusetts

‘Beethoven’s Blues: exploring the blues in classical music’

presented by

Conway Fine Arts

Geoffrey Baker, artistic director

Heirloom Music Festival 2022 is made possible in part by support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council

with

Chris Devine, guitar

Marcia Lehninger and Allyson Michal, violin

Geoffrey Baker and Mikayla Reine, viola

Ignacy Gaydamovich, cello

August 26, 2022 at 8:00 p.m.: Hawks and Reed in Greenfield, MA
August 28th, 2022 at 5:00 p.m.: Three Sisters Sanctuary in Goshen, MA
*August 27th, 2022 at 2:00 p.m.: ‘Strings at Strong’ at the Amherst Historical Society

*A special guest performance, not including Kenny Butler’s Mercy’s Door

Overture in c minor, D. 8 Franz Schubert
Five fantasy pieces for string quartet, Op. 5 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
‘Mercy’s Door’ for blues guitar and string quartet Kenny Butler
Quintet in C for two violins, two violas, and cello, Op. 29 Ludwig van Beethoven

The Pierre Monteux School
June 19th through July 31st, 2022
Hancock, Maine

Tiffany Lu, interim music director

Neil Gittleman, Ludovic Morlot, David Rahbee, and Kensho Watanabe, conducting faculty

Geoffrey Baker, 2022 conducting fellow

The Monteux Festival Orchestra
Geoffrey Baker, conductor

July 6th, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony No. 40
July 17th, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
July 31st, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila

Mainely Chamber Music

July 13th, 2022 at 5:00 pm
The Forest Studio at the Pierre Monteux School
Lian Ojakangas and Allion Salvador, violin
Geoffrey Baker, viola
Andrian Harubaru, cello

Quartet No. 6 in f minor, Op. 8 Felix Mendelssohn

Heirloom Music Festival, part I
June 3rd and 5th, 2022
Plainfield and Ashfield, Massachusetts
‘Beethoven’s Blues: exploring the blues in classical music’
presented by Conway Fine Arts
Geoffrey Baker, artistic director

Heirloom Music Festival 2022 is made possible in part by support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council

Veronika Schreiber, violin
Geoffrey Baker, viola
Ignacy Gaydamovich, cello
Kenny Butler, composer and blues guitar

June 3rd, 2022 at 7:00 p.m.: Plainfield Congregational Church, MA
June 5th, 2022 at 4:00 p.m.: Ashfield Congregational Church, MA

Duo for viola and cello in E-flat, WoO 32 Ludwig van Beethoven
Lullaby and Grotesque for viola and cello Rebecca Clarke
Intermezzo for string trio Zoltan Kodaly
‘Mercy’s Door’ for blues guitar and string quartet Kenny Butler
Trio in c minor for violin, viola, and cello, Op. 9 No. 3 Ludwig van Beethoven

San Francisco Bach Choir

Magen Solomon, artistic director

May 21st, 2022 at 4 pm: First Congregational Church in Berkeley, CA

May 22nd, 2022 at 4 pm: Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA

Ein deutsches Requiem Op. 45 Johannes Brahms

Monadnock Chorus

Colin Mann, artistic director

May 7th, 2022 at 4:00 pm: Peterborough Townhouse in Peterborough, NH

May 8th, 2022 at 4:00 pm: Peterborough Townhouse in Peterborough, NH

Missa brevis in F, K. 192 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut, BWV 117 Johann Sebastian Bach
Dixit Dominus Marianna von Martines

New England Repertory Orchestra

Cailin Marcel Manson, music director

April 27th, 2022 at 7:30 pm: Mechanics Hall in Worcester, MA

Overture, The Hebrides, Op. 26 Felix Mendelssohn
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Op. 112 Ludwig van Beethoven
Choral Fantasy, Op. 80 Ludwig van Beethoven

Concert for Ukraine
March 6th, 2022 at 2:00 pm: the Divine Theater at Gateway City Arts in Holyoke, MA

Veronika Schreiber and Kaila Graef, violin
Geoffrey Baker, viola
Ignacy Gaydamovich, cello

Prayer for Ukraine Mykola Lysenko
Molto adagio from String Quartet No. 1 George Walker
Nocturne from String Quartet No. 2 Alexander Borodin
String Quartet No. 8 in c minor, Op. 110 Dmitri Shostakovitch

Opus Amadeus Chamber Orchestra

January 30th, 2022 at 2:00 pm: Holy Family Church in South Deerfield, Massachusetts

Geoffrey Baker, leader and viola
Caroline Wrobleski, soprano
Ryan Nash, tenor

Overture, pifa, and arias from The Messiah Georg Friedrich Handel
Divertimento in D, K. 136 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto grosso in g minor, Op. 8, No. 6, ‘Christmas’ Giuseppe Torelli
Concerto grosso in g minor, Op. 6, No. 8, ‘Christmas’ Arcangelo Corelli
Motet in four voices, ‘O Magnum Mysterium’ Tommaso de Victoria

Piedmont Chamber Music

November 22, 2020 at 3:00 pm: Crocker Park in Piedmont, CA

Mélanie Clapiès and Rochelle Nguyen, violin
Geoffrey Baker, viola
James Jaffe, cello

Quartet in E-flat, Op. 33, No. 2, ‘The Joke’ Franz Josef Haydn
Quartet No. 13 in a-minor, D. 804, ‘Rosamunde’ Franz Schubert
Four, for Tango Astor Piazzolla