2024-2025 Concert Series

Monteverdi Vespers of 1610

The Secret Music

September 29, 2024
@ 4 pm ET

Please note NEW VENUE! Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, 597 East Avenue, Rochester.    At first a carefully guarded musical treat, special groups of women singers known as the concerto delle donne attracted composers to write virtuosic music just for them in the early baroque period. These trios were some of the first women […]

Laura Heimes, soprano
Ashley Mulcahy, mezzo-soprano
David Morris, viola da gamba
Deborah Fox, theorbo

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Knight Music

October 27, 2024
@ 4 pm ET

pre-concert talk at 3:15 with Steve Zohn and Heather Miller Lardin Steven Zohn, flute Evan Few, Boel Gidholm, Lydia Becker, violins Amy Leonard, viola Colleen McGary-Smith, cello Heather Miller Lardin, violone Leon Schelhase, harpsichord Presenting the Philadelphia-based chamber ensemble Night Music, in a special program of music of the high baroque, including Telemann’s rollicking Don […]


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Curiouser and Curiouser

February 23, 2025
@ 4 pm ET

Julie Andrijeski, virtuoso violinist and lively historian, presents a musical cabinet of curiosities with her Wonder Chamber Project, exploring unusual music and musical instruments. Music for the little-known quinton and violin by Lonati, Biber, Barrière, and more. 

Sarah Stone, viola da gamba
Michael Beattie, harpsichord
Deborah Fox, theorbo

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Monteverdi Vespers of 1610

Monteverdi Vespers of 1610

April 6, 2025
@ 4 pm ET

The iconic masterpiece, to celebrate our 20th season! Paul O’Dette conducts twenty-five brilliant Pegasus musicians, including singers, trombones, cornettos, strings, and theorbos. New venue! Asbury First United Methodist Church, 1050 East Avenue, Rochester Free open rehearsal, Thursday, April 3, 10am-1pm; come anytime and see how the musical magic happens! Pre-concert talk by Edoardo Bellotti at […]

Paul O'Dette, theorbo & Director
Juli Elliot, soprano
Nicholas Garza, countertenor
Jesse Irons, violin
Christel Thielmann, viola da gamba
Kiri Tollaksen, cornetto
Liza Malamut, trombone
Garrett Lahr, trombone
Deborah Fox, theorbo

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Marches & Minuets

May 11, 2025
@ 4 pm ET

Music at the French court and opera around 1700. Experience the unforgettable sounds of the rustic outdoor oboe band and the softer recorder music of the inner chambers.

Meg Owens, oboe & recorder
Geoffrey Burgess, oboe & recorder
Owen Watkins, taille & recorder
Anna Marsh, bassoon & recorder
Joanna Blendulf, viola da gamba
Deborah Fox, theorbo & guitar

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Pegasus Rising

Talented New Artists

Our concert series featuring young up-and-coming virtuosos of the early music world. Casual, cool, accessible, free!
This year, hear baroque chamber music by In Nomine and solo lute music from Charles Iner.

Pegasus Early Music group

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