About Joëlle

Active primarily as a soloist and chamber musician, Joëlle works in the US, Canada, Brazil and Europe, directing the Scaramella chamber series in Toronto and making regular appearances with Tafelmusik, the New York Collegium, I Furiosi, the Musicians in Ordinary, Parthenia—A Consort of Viols, Artek, Philomel, Concert Royal, Brandywine Baroque and Ensemble Soleil. She teachs viol at the University of Toronto. In addition to performing and teaching, Joëlle is much in demand as a musicologist and clinician, presenting lecture/demos on the history and development of string instruments at conservatories and universities throughout the US and Canada. Her scholarly articles have appeared in the JVdGSA, Double Bassist magazine and Bass World; she has published several editions of music for lyra viol (available from PRB Productions) and she served as the founder and general editor for the Online Journal of Bass Research. Joëlle studied viola da gamba with Wendy Gillespie, Mary Springfels and James Tyler and earned her Doctorate in Early Music Performance at the University of Southern California. She may be heard on recordings with Tafelmusik, Concert Royal, Musica Viva, Thomas Georgi, Alison Melville, Ensemble de'Medici, the Los Angeles Baroque Orchestra and Celtic harpist Lynette Johnson.