Praised for their “well-thought-out articulation and phrasing” (Early Music Review) and “elegant string playing... immaculate in tuning and balance” (Early Music Today), the
Sebastians specialize in music of the Baroque and Classical eras and newly commissioned works for period instruments. In addition to appearing in New York City as a finalist of the
EMA Baroque Performance Competition and a semi-finalist of the
Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition, they will start their own concert series this season as the resident ensemble at All Angels Church. The Sebastians also have been artists-in-residence at Emanuel Lutheran Church in Manchester, CT. They were finalists in the 2011 York International Early Music Competition and the 2011 Early Music America/Naxos Recording Competition. For the tricentennial of the publication of Antonio Vivaldi’s
L’Estro Armonico, the Sebastians commissioned composer Robert Honstein to write a companion suite, which they premiered alongside Vivaldi’s work in December 2011. They were recently named the residence ensemble at All Angels’ Church in New York City. They participated in the Carnegie Hall Professional Training Workshop with
L’Arpeggiata and performed at
Music Matters at LaGrua Center in Stonington, CT, Friends of Music at Pequot Library in Southport, CT,
Juilliard in Aiken in Aiken, SC., and in the
Twelfth Night Festival and
Concerts@One at Trinity Wall Street in New York City.
