Member
Contact Information
jaspianist@gmail.comhttp://www.jacquelineschwab.com
Location
Lexington, Massachusetts
Early Music Skills & Interests
Other Keyboard
Early Music Affiliations
Performer
Biography
Pianist Jacqueline Schwab (who also plays some harpsichord and virginals) performs a wide range of music, including her arrangements of vintage American music from the 18th century and on. She has been heard on over a dozen documentaries by Ken Burns, including his Civil War, Thomas Jefferson and Lewis and Clark. She plays for English country dancing with Bare Necessities and has performed (on virginals) with the Boston-area Renaissonics ensemble. She teaches piano improvisation. She is a graduate of New England Conservatory, where she majored in piano improvsation but also studied historical dance reconstruction with Julia Sutton. She has been on the faculty for the New London Assembly, sponsored by Amherst Early Music.