Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra is dedicated to historically-informed performance of baroque, classical and early romantic music on original instruments, presenting a Bay Area season drawing more than 13,000 audience members and touring nationally and internationally. Among the most recorded period instrument orchestras in the world, Philharmonia has produced 34 highly praised recordings. In the community, the organization provides in-school youth education programs, adult extended learning around period music and weekly broadcasts on KDFC. Currently moving through a leadership transition on the tail end of a successful capital campaign, an award to Philharmonia will support the organization operationally and allow for them to stabilize through this critical evolution.

Philharmonia Baroque presents a highly regarded six-concert season at venues in Berkeley, San Francisco, Walnut Creek, and Stanford for more than 13,000 audience members. With an enviable subscription renewal rate of 85 percent for its concerts, the organization also has a weekly radio broadcast series on KDFC and provides free in-school education programs and student matinee performances. The orchestra, which tours both domestically and internationally, has thirty-four highly praised commercial recordings and will produce six more during the next three years. A renewal grant would enable the organization to continue to strengthen its financial position while implementing strategies to build new and younger audiences for classical music.