Carla Moore is one of America’s foremost baroque violinist acclaimed for her stylish and virtuosic playing. A first Prize winner of the Erwin Bodky Competition for Early Music, she is co-concertmaster of Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra (San Francisco), of which she has been a member for over twenty years. She is also concertmaster of Portland Baroque Orchestra and a founder and co-director of Archetti Baroque String Ensemble, a conductor-less baroque string band, which recently released its first CD on the Centaur label. Carla has served as concertmaster and performed as soloist with Pacific Baroque Orchestra (Vancouver, BC) Sant Fe Pro Musica , Musica Angelica, Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado, and American Bach Soloists. As a chamber musician, she has recorded seven critically acclaimed CDs with her ensemble Music’s Re-creation and with Voices of Music, including the violin sonatas of J.S. Bach. Her videos with Voices of Music have been viewed by millions worldwide on Youtube.
Prior to establishing herself as one of the Bay Area’s foremost period violinists, Carla lived in New York City, where she performed and toured with period ensembles, including Tafelmusik, London Classical Players under Sir Roger Norrington, Handel and Haydn Society with Christopher Hogwood, and the Smithsonian Chamber Players. She has performed at the Carmel and Oregon Bach Festivals, the San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival and the International Handel Festival in Göttingen, Germany.
Residing in Oakland, California, Carla teaches baroque violin and viola at the University of California, Berkeley, where she has directed the University Baroque Ensemble. She has also taught at the Amherst Early music Festival. Carla received her undergraduate training at the University of Southern California and earned a Master’s of Music with Distinction from Indiana University’s Early Music Institute, where she studied with Stanley Ritchie.
Prior to establishing herself as one of the Bay Area’s foremost period violinists, Carla lived in New York City, where she performed and toured with period ensembles, including Tafelmusik, London Classical Players under Sir Roger Norrington, Handel and Haydn Society with Christopher Hogwood, and the Smithsonian Chamber Players. She has performed at the Carmel and Oregon Bach Festivals, the San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival and the International Handel Festival in Göttingen, Germany.
Residing in Oakland, California, Carla teaches baroque violin and viola at the University of California, Berkeley, where she has directed the University Baroque Ensemble. She has also taught at the Amherst Early music Festival. Carla received her undergraduate training at the University of Southern California and earned a Master’s of Music with Distinction from Indiana University’s Early Music Institute, where she studied with Stanley Ritchie.