Chamber Music Concert: Baroque works for violin, cello and harpsichord

The University of St. Thomas Music Department presents a Chamber Music Concert: Baroque works for violin, cello and harpsichord, in UST-Cullen Recital Hall Friday, September 2.

The University of St. Thomas Music Department presents a Chamber Music Concert of works by Baroque composers including Buxtehude, Leclair, Scarlatti, Bach and Biber performed by Music faculty, Dr. Ingrid Hunter, violin; Patrick Moore, cello; and Dr. Jeong-Suk Bae, harpsichord.

Dr. Ingrid Hunter completed her Doctorate of Musical Arts degree at the Moores School of Music in Houston, TX. She studied violin performance with Prof. Frank Huang, concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic, and conducting with Franz Anton Krager. Dr. Hunter is the former concertmaster of the Moores School Symphony Orchestra, the Moores School Opera and Ballet Orchestras, as well as the Houston Heights Orchestra. She has been selected as a DaCamera Young Artist for the 2015-2016 season.

Her performances include regular appearances as a violinist for Musiqa, Houston’s premiere new music ensemble, and the Mercury orchestra. She is also a member of the Houston-based Axiom quartet. Dr. Hunter is the Professor of Violin and Orchestra Director at San Jacinto College Central and the University of St. Thomas, and also maintains a very active private violin studio.

Cellist, Patrick Moore has performed as a chamber player, soloist, orchestral musician, and jazz improviser throughout the United States, Asia, and Europe. He is also a dedicated teacher, and is on the faculty as well as teaching for the Music Preparatory School of the University of St. Thomas. He performs with the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, Beaumont Symphony Orchestra, Opera in the Heights, Quartus Chamber Players, and the Axiom String Quartet.

He received a BM from Roosevelt University and a MM degree from Rice University. He has participated in several prestigious festivals including the Round Top Music Festival, the Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo, Japan, the Manchester Music Festival, the American Institute of Musical Studies in Austria, and the Quartz Mountain Music Festival. His principal teachers were Lynn Harrell, Jeffrey Noel Lastrapes, Alex Ezerman, and Barbara Haffner.

Dr. Jeong-Suk Bae, the organ professor at the University of Saint Thomas, earned her DMA in Organ Performance from University of Houston under the guidance of Dr. Roberts Bates. Currently, she enjoys serving Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart as the assistant organist, and St. Peter’s United Methodist Church in Katy as the principal organist.

She holds music degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, TX (MM, Organ Performance under Dr. Albert L. Travis), and Chong-Shin Presbyterian University, Seoul, South Korea (BM, Piano Performance under Dr. Jikang Jung).