Becky Baxter

Harp

Ms. Baxter's resume as a professional in the field of early harp includes performances of harp literature from the 12th through 18th centuries on a wide variety of historical harps at events such as: the National Harp Society Convention, Houston Grand Opera's productions of Monteverdi's 'L'Orfeo' and 'L'Incoronazione di Poppea' (including subsequent broadcasts on NPR), the Boston Early Music Festival, the Roundtop Early Music Festival, the Texas Early Music Festival, the Amherst Early Music Festival, and the Historical Harp Society Conference/Workshops. In addition to her full-time career in church music as Associate Director of music and organist at Clear Lake Presbyterian Church in Houston, Texas and as a pedal harp performer and teacher, Ms. Baxter serves on the faculty of the Amherst Early Music Festival and the Texas Early Music Festival. She regularly performs with Catacoustic Consort, Ars Lyrica Houston, Canzonetta and the Texas Early Music Project. Her first recording on the Dorian label is entitled "O Lux Beata, Renaissance Harp Music" (DOR 93193.) She also appears as a guest artist with Chatham Baroque on another Dorian CD entitled "Espanoleta" (DOR 90284.) Both recordings went up in the shuttle with astronaut Bill McArthur in Fall of 2000 and will return to orbit for a temporary stay on the space station. Ms. Baxter will appear on the Naxos label with Catacoustic Consort in a program entitled "Passion and Pain" as the grand prize winners of the EMA/Naxos recording competition held in the Spring of 2003.