Jane Hershey (viola da gamba and violone) studied with Wieland Kuyken at The Hague Conservatory, and at the Longy School of Music with Gian Silbiger. She has toured and recorded with the Boston Camerata; as a member of the trio Charivary, she has been a frequent guest at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts and in other early music series around the country. As a violone player, she has played with the Smithsonian Chamber Orchestra, Monadnock Music, the Santa Fe Baroque Orchestra, and has performed with the Arcadia Players since its beginning. As a specialist in Renaissance music, she has been guest of Hesperus of Washington, D.C., touring, and recording on the Koch and Dorian labels. In 2004, As a member of the Carthage Consort of Viols, she performed at the American Repertory Theater in Dido, Queen of Carthage by C. Marlowe; the Consort was also featured at the 2005 VDSGA Conclave, and at the Aston Magna Festival. She can be heard on a recent Centaur release of music of Jacquet de la Guerre with Frances Fitch and friends. In 2007, she was the gamba soloist with the Back Bay Chorale‚s ŒSt. Matthew Passion‚, and for the St. Paul‚s Cathedral of Worcester‚s ŒSt John Passion.‚ Ms. Hershey teaches in the graduate program in Early Music at the Longy School of Music, at Powers Music School, and has directed the Tufts Early Music Ensemble since 1995.
Jane Hershey (viola da gamba and violone) studied with Wieland Kuyken at The Hague Conservatory, and at the Longy School of Music with Gian Silbiger. She has toured and recorded with the Boston Camerata; as a member of the trio Charivary, she has been a frequent guest at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts and in other early music series around the country. As a violone player, she has played with the Smithsonian Chamber Orchestra, Monadnock Music, the Santa Fe Baroque Orchestra, and has performed with the Arcadia Players since its beginning. As a specialist in Renaissance music, she has been guest of Hesperus of Washington, D.C., touring, and recording on the Koch and Dorian labels. In 2004, As a member of the Carthage Consort of Viols, she performed at the American Repertory Theater in Dido, Queen of Carthage by C. Marlowe; the Consort was also featured at the 2005 VDSGA Conclave, and at the Aston Magna Festival. She can be heard on a recent Centaur release of music of Jacquet de la Guerre with Frances Fitch and friends. In 2007, she was the gamba soloist with the Back Bay Chorale‚s ŒSt. Matthew Passion‚, and for the St. Paul‚s Cathedral of Worcester‚s ŒSt John Passion.‚ Ms. Hershey teaches in the graduate program in Early Music at the Longy School of Music, at Powers Music School, and has directed the Tufts Early Music Ensemble since 1995.