LUCAS HARRIS

Lucas Harris has been pleased to call Toronto the home base for his activities as a freelance lutenist since 2004. In addition to his work there with Aradia, the Toronto Consort, and Tafelmusik, he has also worked with The Harp Consort, Apollo’s Fire, New York Collegium, Smithsonian Chamber Players, Les voix humaines, the Boston Early Music Festival orchestra, and many other ensembles. He is also an eager teacher and coach, serving on faculty for several summer Baroque workshops (Oberlin, Longy, Amherst, and Tafelmusik) as well as being the founder of the Toronto Continuo Collective, a weekly class and performing ‘pluck band’ dedicated to the art of seventeenth-century accompaniment. Beyond continuo work, other recent projects include a concerto program for CBC radio’s Young Artist Series, a solo recital for the Minnesota Guitar Society, and a staged production of Cavalli’s La Calisto at Ohio State University for which he served as musical director. Upcoming project include a solo recording, an outreach tour of Nunavut with soprano Ann Monoyios, and an invitation to direct the Pacific Baroque Orchestra in Vancouver. Lucas also has an ongoing duo recital project with Chinese pipa virtuoso Wen Zhao; the two have received an Ontario Arts Council award and will be featured on the Montreal Baroque Festival this summer.