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Ingrid Matthews is a Visiting Associate Professor of Baroque Violin at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, and is well established as one of today’s most respected baroque violinists. Since winning first prize in the Erwin Bodky International Competition for Early Music in 1989, she has appeared as a soloist, guest director, chamber musician, and concertmaster with leading early music ensembles including the New York Collegium, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, the Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, Ars Lyrica (Houston), Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra (Toronto), Musica Pacifica (San Francisco), and countless others. She served as Music Director of the Seattle Baroque Orchestra from 1994 to 2013. Ingrid Matthews has won high critical acclaim for her extensive discography; her recording of the Sonatas and Partitas for Unaccompanied Violin of J.S. Bach has been named “top recommendation for this music… on either period or modern instruments” by American Record Guide, and her recording of Biagio Marini is included in the Norton Anthology of Music used by conservatories and universities worldwide. She is a graduate of Indiana University where she studied with Josef Gingold and Stanley Ritchie.