CHARLOTTESVILLE — The McIntire Department of Music is pleased to present a concert by REBEL Baroque Ensemble on Friday, February 21st at 8:00pm in Old Cabell Hall. The program will include works by Telemann, Handel, and Vivaldi. Tickets for the concert are $10 /$9 for UVA faculty & staff / $5 students / free for UVA Students who reserve in advance. Tickets can be purchased in advance by visiting the UVA Arts Box Office or by calling 434.924.3376. Tickets will be available in the lobby of Old Cabell Hall beginning at 7pm on the night of the concert.

Hailed by the New York Times as “Sophisticated and Beguiling” and praised by the Los Angeles Times for their “astonishingly vital music-making,” the award-winning, New York-based ensemble, REBEL (pronounced “Re-BEL”) is one of North America’s top-tier ensembles specializing in 17th- & 18th-century repertoire performed on period instruments.

Named after the innovative French Baroque composer Jean-Féry Rebel (1666-1747), (pronounced “Re-BEL”) the REBEL ensemble was formed in The Netherlands in 1991; that same year the ensemble took first prize in the Van Wassenaer International Competition in Utrecht and gave their critically-acclaimed American début in New York City in 1992. Since then the ensemble has garnered an impressive international reputation, enchanting diverse audiences with their unique style and their virtuosic, highly expressive and provocative approach to the baroque and classical repertoire. The core formation of two violins, recorder/traverso, cello/ viola da gamba and harpsichord/ organ/ fortepiano expands with additional strings, winds, brass, theorbo and vocalists, as needed.

Arguably the most aired American baroque ensemble in the U.S. today, REBEL is regularly featured on the nationally syndicated shows Performance Today and Sunday Baroque, and has appeared several times on MPR’s St. Paul Sunday. REBEL remains the only period instrument ensemble ever to have been awarded an artists’ residency at National Public Radio, has been featured on BBC’s Radio 3 and has recorded over twenty CDs on Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, Naxos, Dorian, Sono Luminus, ATMA, Hänssler Classic and Bridge Records.

As part of their UVA residency, REBEL Baroque Ensemble will present a workshop with the UVA Baroque Orchestra at 7pm on Thursday, February 20th in 113 Old Cabell Hall. The workshop is free and open to the public.

Old Cabell Hall is located on the south end of UVA’s historic lawn, directly opposite the Rotunda. Parking is available in the central grounds parking garage on Emmet Street, in the C1 parking lot off McCormick Rd, and in the parking lots at the UVA Corner. Handicap parking is available in the small parking lot adjacent to Bryan Hall.

This concert is supported by the Gertrude Weber Endowment for Music. The Rebel Baroque Ensemble residency is sponsored by the UVA. Arts Council | Enriching the Arts on Grounds.

Tickets for the Rebel Baroque Ensemble concert are $10 for the general public, $9 for UVA Faculty & Staff, $5 for students, and free for UVA students who reserve 24 hours in advance. Tickets are available at the UVA Arts Box Office at www.artsboxoffice.virginia.edu or 434.924.3376. Tickets will be available at the door one hour prior to the concert.

All artists and programs are subject to change.