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Baroque Orchestra – Ingrid Matthews, director; Thomas Cooley, tenor
Violin Tenor Voice Symphony Orchestra
Location: Auer Hall & LIVE@jacobs - 2-15-2026 9:00 pm - 11:00 pm (America/New_York) (2 hours)

Enjoy this performance from almost anywhere in the world viaLIVE@jacobs!About the ArtistsIngrid Matthews is professor of practice in historical performance (baroque violin) at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. A graduate of IU, where she studied with Josef Gingold and Stanley Ritchie, Matthews is one of today's most respected baroque violinists. Since winning first prize in the Erwin Bodky International Competition for Early Music in 1989, she has appeared as soloist, guest director, chamber musician, and concertmaster with leading early music ensembles, including the New York Collegium, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, Ars Lyrica (Houston), Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra (Toronto), Musica Pacifica (San Francisco), and many others. Matthews cofounded the Seattle Baroque Orchestra in 1994 and served as its music director until 2013. Matthews has won high critical acclaim for her extensive discography. Her recording J. S. Bach: Complete Sonatas and Partitas for Violin was named "top recommendation for this music … on either period or modern instruments" by American Record Guide. She also plays jazz and swing styles and is active as a visual artist. Tenor Thomas Cooley is visiting associate professor of music in voice and historical performance at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. With an acclaimed international career spanning over two decades, Cooley is recognized for his vivid artistry and commanding performances across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. His appearances have taken him to more than 30 U.S. states and prestigious concert halls, such as Carnegie Hall, Concertgebouw, Berlin Philharmonie, Konzerthaus Vienna, Tonhalle Zürich, Walt Disney Hall, Tchaikovsky Hall Moscow, Kennedy Center, and Singapore's Esplanade Hall. Cooley has sung under the batons of renowned conductors including Helmuth Rilling, Donald Runnicles, Teodor Currentzis, Michael Tilson-Thomas, Franz Welser-Möst, Harry Bicket, Bernard Labadie, Osmo Vänskä, Jane Glover, Robert Spano, Thomas Søndergård, Jaap van Zweden, and especially Nicholas McGegan, with whom he has collaborated more than 100 times. His distinguished orchestral partnerships include the New York Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, Bavarian Radio Symphony, National Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Orchestra of St. Luke's, Singapore Symphony, and Osaka Philharmonic. Celebrated as a leading interpreter of Handel and J. S. Bach, especially in the role of the Evangelist, Cooley has appeared with the Thomanerchor Leipzig, Windsbacher Knabenchor, Dresdner Kreuzchor, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Handel and Haydn Society, Tafelmusik, Boston Baroque, and MusicAeterna, and at the Göttingen and Halle Handel festivals. He was a principal artist with the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich from 2002 to 2006 and has portrayed more than 35 operatic roles with institutions including the Bavarian State Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Mark Morris Dance Group, and Göttingen Händelfestspiele. Cooley's discography spans over 20 recordings on labels including Deutsche Grammophon, Carus, Sony, and Avie Records, which will release his upcoming St. Matthew Passion by Bach with Nicholas McGegan in 2026. Meeting URL:

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