Baroque Ensemble

Conducted by Arthur Haas
arthur.haas@stonybrook.edu

About
Baroque Sundays at Three is Long Island’s leading music series dedicated to historically informed performance of early music. Concerts are offered free with a suggested goodwill donation of $10 for adults and $5 for students and seniors to offset expenses and further the study and performance of early music at Stony Brook University.

Rehearsal Time
Wednesday mornings, 9:30-11:20AM
Room 0111, Music Building 

BAROQUE SUNDAYS @ 3pm 2025-2026 Schedule

This is Long Island’s leading early music series dedicated to historical informed performance of early music.

September 7, 2025 

The Art of the Countertenor

Internationally acclaimed countertenor Jay Carter will join with members of Empire Viols, New York’s premier viola da gamba ensemble, to open our season with works spanning late 17th century England to Bach and beyond. This sublime and expressive music experience is not to be missed.

November 23, 2025 

The Genius of the Baroque

The Stony Brook Baroque Players will present their annual pre-Thanksgiving feast of vocal and instrumental gems from 17th and 18th century Europe. The cream of the crop of Stony Brook graduate students will amaze and thrill you with their dedication to expressive and virtuoso performances on period and modern instruments. Featured composers will include Bach, Telemann, Handel and more.

February 1, 2026 

The Ecstatic and the Divine

The Suore Project — an exciting new group from Boston — will present the passionate music of nun composers that spans eras and empires, from the 9th century Eastern Roman Empire to 17th century Italy to contemporary Ethiopia. Inspiring works by Rosa Giacinta Badalla, Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, Kassia of Byzantium and others will ignite the heart and delight the mind. 

March 15, 2026 

Sonatas and Fantasies From German Lands

Come hear Boston’s new exciting early music ensemble Guts Baroque, featuring harpsichordist Andrus Madsen and period instrument strings in a program of whimsical, varied and fantastical instrumental music from the courts of Germany and Austria in the 17th century. You will be amazed and moved by the virtuoso and highly expressive music of Bertali, Biber, Schmeltzer and more.  

April 19, 2026

Stony Brook Baroque Players in Concert

Our season ends with a celebration of the enormously talented graduate students from Stony Brook’s music department. We will feature expressive and virtuoso vocal and instrumental music from the Baroque age with works from the early 17th century, including Monteverdi, through to the genius of Bach and Handel.

All concerts are in the Staller Center Recital Hall. Admission is free with a suggested donation of $10 per person.

Audition Information
This ensemble is only open to graduate students in the Department of Music. For special consideration, please contact  music director Arthur Haas.