Member
Contact Information
jblendulf@gmail.comLocation
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Early Music Skills & Interests
Cello, Vielle, Viola Da GambaEarly Music Affiliations
Educator, Performer
Biography
Baroque cellist and viol player Joanna Blendulf has performed in leading period instrument ensembles throughout the United States and abroad. Ms. Blendulf holds performance degrees with honors from the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University where she was awarded the prestigious Performer’s Certificate for her accomplishments in early music performance. Joanna has performed with Apollo’s Fire, the Catacoustic Consort, Ensemble Electra, Ensemble Mirable, Nota Bene Viol Consort, Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Pacific MusicWorks, Parthenia, the Portland Baroque Orchestra, Voices of Music and Wildcat Viols. Ms. Blendulf’s summer engagements have included performances at Tage Alter Musik Regenburg, Musica Antigua en Villa de Lleyva in Colombia, the Bloomington, Boston and Berkeley Early Music Festivals, the Ojai Music Festivals as well as the Carmel and Oregon Bach Festivals.
Joanna is also sought-after as a teacher and chamber music coach and is on the faculties of early music workshops across the country. Ms. Blendulf has served as a classroom and private instructor at the University of Oregon and the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. Her recordings (including the complete cello sonatas of Jean ZewaltTriemer with Ensemble Mirable) can be found on Amazon, Magnatune and CD Baby. Ms.Blendulf is Associate Professor of Music (Baroque cello and Viola da gamba) at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.
