Baroque Workshop

Faculty 2025

Lindsey Strand-Polyak


director and violin

A Pacific Northwest native, Lindsey Strand-Polyak lives a hyphenated life to go along with her hyphenated name: divided between viola and violin; living in Whidbey Island, WA and Santa Monica, CA. In California, she serves as Artistic Director of Los Angeles Baroque, Adjunct Professor of Baroque Violin at Claremont Graduate University, and is excited to be joining SFEMS as Director of the Baroque Workshop. In Washington, she performs as Principal Violist for Seattle Baroque Orchestra and tours regionally with the Salish Sea Early Music Festival. She has performed across the West in concert and festival appearances, including Musica Angelica, Baroque Music Montana, Bach Collegium San Diego, American Bach Soloists, Pacific MusicWorks, Baroque Festival Corona del Mar, Oregon Bach Festival, and fringe concerts of Boston and Berkeley Early Music Festivals. She holds a PhD/MM in Musicology and Violin performance from UCLA.

baroque cello, viola da gamba

Erik Andersen


Aki Nishiguchi

recorder, oboe


Cléa Galhano

recorder


Rita Lilly

voice


Anna Marsh


bassoon

Lars Johannesson

traverso


Peter Sykes

harpsichord, continuo


David Wilson


violin, viola