Marc Levine, violin, enjoys a career as a chamber musician and orchestral leader with Early Music Minnesota, of which he is a cofounder, as well as with the Lyra Baroque Orchestra and the Bach Society of Minnesota, among others. A prizewinner in the 2008 American Bach Soloists International Competition for Baroque Violin, Marc has played with many excellent early music ensembles across the United States and has recorded for Early Music New York on the Ex Cathedra label and with Early Music Minnesota and the Lyra Baroque Orchestra on the Violetear label. As an educator, Marc has spoken, coached, and presented lecture recitals at universities and in various series on historical performance as well as entrepreneurship. He also was a preconcert lecturer for the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra from 2017–19. Marc has held residencies with Minnesota Youth Symphonies and Minnesota Public Radio, where his playing has been featured many times on-air. A noted entrepreneur, Marc cofounded The Baroque Room, a performance space in downtown Saint Paul that, from 2011 to 2020, hosted nearly fifty events each year. He also created the Saint Paul Classical Music Crawl, an event held four times between 2015 and 2019 that featured the city’s entire classical music scene and was named one of the top ten classical music events of 2015 by the Saint Paul Pioneer Press.

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Tami Morse, harpsichord, is active as a soloist and chamber musician, performing regularly with Boulder Bach, the Bach Society of Minnesota, the Lyra Baroque Orchestra, Madison Bach Musicians, Minnesota Bach Ensemble (co-artistic director), and Early Music Minnesota (founding director). She was a finalist in the Jurow International Harpsichord Competition and has been awarded multiple individual artist grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and Metro Regional Arts Council to commission and perform new works for harpsichord, record and tour J. S. Bach’s sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord with colleague Tulio Rondón, and apprentice with master harpsichord builder Ton Amir in Amsterdam. Tami has a Master of Music degree from the University of Michigan where she studied with Edward Parmentier and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Stony Brook University where she studied with Arthur Haas. In addition to her studies in the United States, Morse was awarded a prestigious DAAD grant, which she used to study at the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne with Ketil Haugsand. Tami is an advocate for period instrument performance and lends out her many excellent harpsichords to students and professionals in Minnesota. She is dedicated to making early music accessible to today’s audiences and laying a foundation for its study and performance in the US. 

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Cellist and Gambist Tulio Rondón performs throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East as a soloist and chamber musician. Known for his vivid and passionate performances, he started his professional life early as principal cellist of the Aragua Symphony Orchestra in Venezuela. Tulio Rondón's performance career has taken him all over the world, sharing the stage with many internationally celebrated artists.

Born in Venezuela, Tulio Rondón began his cello studies through El Sistema. He received his Bachelor of Music from the Simón Bolivar Conservatory, his Master of Music from Miami University (Oxford, OH), and Doctoral Degree in performance at the University of Arizona. Pursuing his strong interest in historic performance practice, he continued his studies in The Netherlands, completing post-graduate studies on baroque cello and viola da gamba with Jaap ter Linden and Rainer Zipperling at The Royal Conservatory in The Hague. Tulio Rondón is in demand as a chamber musician and early music specialist. Currently Tulio Rondón is the violoncello professor at the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire.