IBO Musicians

JOANNA BLENDULF is Professor of Music (Historical Performance) at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. She has performed and recorded with leading period instrument ensembles and is currently co-principal cellist and principal viola da gamba player of the Portland Baroque Orchestra. Ms Blendulf has also performed as principal cellist of Pacific MusicWorks, Pacific Baroque Orchestra, American Bach Soloists, Apollo’s Fire Baroque Orchestra, Bach Collegium San Diego, and the Washington Bach Consort. Joanna performs and records with the Catacoustic Consort, Ensemble Mirable, Music of the Spheres, Nota Bene Viol Consort, Trio Pardessus, and Wildcat Viols. Ms Blendulf’s world-premiere recording of the complete cello sonatas of Jean Zewalt Triemer with Ensemble Mirable was released in 2004. Her festival engagements have included performances at Tage Alter Musik Regenburg, Musica Antigua en Villa de Leyva, the Bloomington, Boston and Berkeley Early Music Festivals, the Ojai Music Festival, and the Carmel and Oregon Bach Festivals. Ms Blendulf holds degrees with honors from the Cleveland Institute of Music and the IU Jacobs School of Music where she was awarded the prestigious Performer’s Certificate for her accomplishments in early music performance.