Cameo Baroque 

Founded in 2014, Cameo Baroque — Leslie Stroud, traverso (Baroque flute); Beth Hilgartner, recorders and voice; Ernie Drown, harpsichord; and Laurie Rabut, viola da gamba  — is CAF's "in-house" ensemble, and specializes in the music of the Baroque era performed on period instruments. In addition to participating in CAMEO Arts Foundation's Benefit Concert program, which underwrites benefit concerts supporting efforts as wide ranging as literacy programs, warming shelters, fuel assistance, food shelves and homeless shelters, disaster relief, solar energy, and asylum seekers, Cameo Baroque also provides, by arrangement, musical enrichment programs to schools and other institutions. Contact Beth Hilgartner (beth@cameoarts.org) for more information.

Cameo Baroque is dedicated to bringing some less well-known masterworks of the Baroque to audiences; most programs include at least one work that has been transcribed and/or arranged by Beth Hilgartner from 17th and 18th century manuscripts available online from the International Music Score Library Project (imslp.org). These editions are available to the public through Cameo Baroque Editions.

Upcoming Concerts:



We will be performing next at Hedding Methodist Church in Barre, VT. The concert will be on Friday, October 30 at 7 PM. The specific program hasn't yet been set, so watch this space for more information and save the date. We plan to repeat the program in the Upper Valley, as part of the 19 Days for the Haven annual effort (when the date/time and venue for that are set, we'll post the information here!)


Cameo Baroque — Leslie Stroud, traverso, Beth Hilgartner, recorders and voice, Laurie Rabut, violin and viola da gamba, and Ernie Drown, harpsichord — specializes in historically informed performance on original instruments. 


Admission is by free will offering, all of which goes to the stated beneficiary. 




(Older news)



We just completed performances of our program, Bach and his Predecessors. Performances (August 29 and 30) were at the Athens Meetinghouse, Athens, VT, and at the Hall Art Foundation in Reading, and were benefits (respectively) for the Vermont Asylum Assistance Project and the Reading-West Windsor Resiliency Fund.



Music of 18th Century France at two venues: 

Sunday, April 26 at 2 PM at the First Congregational Church in Lebanon, NH

Sunday, May 3 at 4 PM at the Walpole Unitarian Church in Walpole, NH. 


Both concerts are benefits for the Community Asylum Seekers' Project. (CASP) 


Here's some more information: 


The program includes works of Couperin, Leclair, Boismortier and others and is a benefit for Community Asylum Seekers Project (CASP). CASP cultivates a supportive community for those seeking asylum in the U.S., provides for their basic needs and legal representation, and accompanies them on their journey towards building a life in this country. While it primarily serves clients in southeastern Vermont, CASP has been instrumental in the development of other organizations serving asylum seekers in Vermont and New Hampshire.   



We're pleased to announce that we will again be participating in the 19 Days of the Upper Valley event which supports the Upper Valley Haven. Our benefit concert will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Upper Valley on Rte. 5 in Norwich, VT at 7 PM on Friday, December 5th, 2025 . The program features works of J.S. Bach, C.P.E. Bach, Telemann, Boismortier, Dornell, and will include selections by seldom performed Baroque masters, Jean-Fery Rebel, Roberto Valentine and Evaristo Felice dall'Abaco.  


The program will be repeated at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Northfield, VT (a benefit for the Habitat For Humanity home that is currently under construction in that community) at 3 PM on Saturday, December 6th, 2025 . 


As is true of all our benefit concerts, ALL the money donated goes to the stated beneficiary, so we do encourage you to be as generous as you can.


We hope to see you at one of those performances! 




Handel and his Rivals

Experience some music of G.F. Handel, and of his enemies and rivals. Handel's London was a fascinating world, musically; and though Handel was a towering figure, it wasn't always easy being (or staying) on top! This program features instrumental and vocal works by Handel, and also works by Giovanni Battista Bononcini, Thomas Augustine Arne, John Frederick Lampe, and from John Gay's The Beggar's Opera.

Performances:

7 PM on Saturday, May 10, 2025 at the First Congregational
Church, 10 South Park Street, Lebanon NH 03766

7 PM on Friday, May 23, 2025 at Centre Congregational Church
193 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT 05301

3 PM on Sunday, May 25, 2025 at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, 203 South Main Street, Northfield, Vermont 05663

Admission to these concerts is by free will offering, all of which goes to the stated beneficiaries.




Cameo Baroque is the Upper Valley’s local period instrument ensemble. 

Leslie Stroud, traverso; Beth Hilgartner, recorders and voice; Laurie Rabut, viola da gamba; Ernie Drown, harpsichord.



 



 


Cameo Baroque Editions

The work of Beth Hilgartner, Cameo Baroque Editions are modern performing editions transcribed from 17th and 18th century manuscripts available through the International Music Score Library Project (imslp.org). A complete listing of available works, and information on how to order is available on the CB Editions page.
Cameo Baroque Editions