
contractor & bowed continuo
Brief info
Arnie contracts musicians for performances and performs on viola da gamba and cello for the Academy of Sacred Drama. As a Gold medalist and the first-ever American laureate of the International Bach-Abel Competition (2018), he has become one of the foremost viol players in the United States. He has performed and recorded with the likes of Barthold Kuijken, the Boston Early Music Festival Ensemble, and the Smithsonian Consort of Viols. Arnie is a core member of Mountainside Baroque and a founding member of the Academy of Sacred Drama. Alongside harpist Parker Ramsay, he co-directs A Golden Wire. He serves on faculty at Princeton University.