Barry Bauguess, baroque trumpet

Barry Bauguess is one of North America’s most sought-after Baroque trumpet concert and recording artists. He serves as principal trumpet with Apollo’s Fire, The Portland Baroque Orchestra, Atlanta Baroque Orchestra, Opera Lafayette, Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, and the Magnolia Baroque Festival Orchestra. Barry also frequently appears with other ensembles including Chatham Baroque, Tafelmusik, Washington Bach Consort, American Bach Soloists, and was a member of Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra for fourteen years. He is currently on the faculty of the Baroque Performance Institute at Oberlin Conservatory and serves on the Board of Directors of Early Music America.

Barry is also the owner of The Baroque Trumpet Shop in New Bern, North Carolina and is publisher of  Music for Natural Trumpet, performing editions of  17th- and 18th-century works for natural trumpet. Mr. Bauguess holds a BM and MM from the NC School of the Arts. He has recorded for Harmonia Mundi, Teldec, Koch International, Conifer Classics, Nonesuch, Sine Qua Non, PBS and NPR and has performed throughout the US, Canada, Germany, Italy, and Japan. When not physically attached to the trumpet, Barry can usually be found either in his kitchen cooking with his wife, Baroque Dance Soloist Paige Whitley-Bauguess or on the back roads of North Carolina racing his bicycle. You can visit Barry at www.BarryBauguess.com.