About

Lawrence Lipnik

Lawrence Lipnik has performed with many acclaimed early music ensembles from Anonymous 4 to Piffaro and the Waverly Consort, and is a founding member of the viol consort Parthenia and vocal ensemble Lionheart.  He has prepared an authoritative edition of Francesco Cavalli’s La Calisto, commissioned by the Juilliard School, served as gambist and recorder player for staged opera productions including Monteverdi’s Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria at Wolf Trap and Telemann’s Orpheus with the New York City Opera.  In addition to performing, he enjoys a busy teaching schedule which has included national and international festivals including the Benslow Music Trust in the UK, Port Townsend, San Diego and Madison Early Music Festivals, Pinewoods, Collegium Director at Amherst Early Music, viol, recorder and early music performance instruction at Wesleyan University and is a contributor to The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Contemporary Dramatists.  Highlights from this past season have included performances with lutenist Paul O’dette of Dowland’s complete Lachrimae collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, concerts at the Berkeley Festival, appearances with ARTEK, TENET, the Indiana University Historic Performance Institute at the Bloomington Early Music Festival and early opera residency at Carnegie Mellon University.

Mark Rimple

Countertenor and Instrumentalist Mark Rimple has garnered critical notice for his interpretation of early music from national newspapers and journals including the Philadelphia Inquirer, The New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, Early Music America, Fanfare, and Early Music (UK).  He is adept on stringed instruments and performs regularly on the gittern, citole, lute, archlute psaltery, tenor viol, bandora and cittern.  With Drew Minter and Marcia Young, he is a founding member of Trefoil and a regular guest artist with the Newberry Consort and The Folger Consort, and has appeared with Piffaro, the Renaissance Band, The King’s Noyse, Ex Umbris (at the Clinton White House), New York’s Ensemble for Early Music, Mélomanie, Pomerium, Network for New Music, Cygnus Ensemble and the GEMS production of The Play of Daniel.  He is currently working on a CD of Italian music for gittern, lute and archlute, and has just completed a new CD of Renaissance vocal chamber music with his ensemble Musica Humana Vocal Consort.  Mark is a composer whose works often incorporate early instruments and techniques.  His music has been performed by Parnassus, ChoralArts Philadelphia, Piffaro, The League of Composers/ISCM, Mélomanie, Network for New Music, and The 21st Century Consort; his debut solo composition CD, January:  Songs and Chamber Music of Mark Rimple <http://www.newfocusrecordings.com/catalogue/january-songs-chamber-music-of-mark-rimple/> (Furious Artisans) includes works for archlute, countertenor, viola da gamba and harpsichord. As a theorist, he has written on the reception of Boethius in 14th – 17th century music and literature. Dr. Rimple is Professor in the Department of Music Theory, Composition and History at West Chester University of Pennsylvania.

Vicki Boeckman‘s career as a professional recorder player has been a highly rewarding journey which has taken her to many exciting places including Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Austria, Italy, England, Scotland, Hawaii and British Columbia. She has recorded about 15 Cds with various ensembles and loves playing a wide variety of musical styles.
Since settling in Seattle in 2004, Vicki has been a featured soloist with Seattle Baroque Orchestra, Portland Baroque Orchestra, The Oregon Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Portland Opera, Medieval Women’s Choir, Gallery Concerts, Philharmonia Northwest Orchestra, and the Skagit Symphony. She adores playing chamber music of all styles in various configurations with colleagues in Seattle and around the country collaborating with new projects and ideas. Vicki is a two-time recipient of the recorder residency at the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology in Oregon, and a two-time recipient of the Jack
Straw Artist Support Program.
As a teacher and leader Vicki is a pillar of the Seattle recorder community. She is in demand as a teacher pretty much all over the US, teaching at workshops and seminars across the country and in British Columbia. Currently she is Music Director for the Seattle Recorder Society, co-director of the Recorder Orchestra of Puget Sound (ROPS) with colleague Charles Coldwell, and Artistic Director for the Port Townsend Early Music Workshop, (now held at UPS in Tacoma). She was director for the Portland Recorder Society and the Columbia Gorge Early Music Retreat from 2006-2016. Vicki is
a strong proponent of musical outreach in the schools and adores teaching children as well as adults. She has been on the faculty of the Music Center of the Northwest in Seattle since 2005 as well as having a thriving teaching studio in her home.
Vicki resided in Denmark from 1981-2004. While there she taught at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen for 12 years, and at the Ishøj Municipal School of Music for 23 years. Many of those students are now professionals either performing or teaching in conservatories in Denmark and around Europe. Her Danish recorder trio Wood’N’Flutes had a fantastic 15-year run performing in castles and churches all over Europe and working with contemporary composers in addition to doing children’s
theater. Vicki loves spending quality time connecting with friends and family, cooking and eating good food, drinking good wines and single malts, walking briskly, and making things grow in the garden.