Hunt, Shirley

Shirley Hunt

Shirley Hunt (viola da gamba) brings fierce imagination and integrity to the music of the Renaissance and Baroque eras. In high demand as viola da gamba soloist and continuo cellist, Ms. Hunt performs extensively with the nation's leading period instrument ensembles including Boston Baroque, Handel and Haydn Society, Trinity Baroque Orchestra, The Sebastians, TENET, Sonnambula, and RUCKUS. As a soloist, she has performed as a at DePaul University, the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), the Boston Public Library, WGBH Pindrop Sessions, and Ashmont Hill Chamber Music in Dorchester. As a chamber musician, she has performed at the Morgan Library & Museum, the Library of Congress, the Strathmore Mansion, Caramoor, La Jolla Music Society, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.