History
The Orchestra was founded by director and lutenist Lyle Nordstrom, then on the faculty at Clayton State University, together with a core group of faculty from several university music schools from Atlanta and throughout surrounding states. August early music pioneer John Hsu was the second artistic director, from 2006 through 2008, and Atlanta's Daniel Pyle served as Resident Director until Julie Andrijeski's arrival in 2011.
Specialties
The first and longest-running professional Baroque chamber orchestra in the Southeastern United States, the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra has been performing continuously since 1998, and remains preeminent in the early music movement. Musicians also perform within a large network of other early music groups throughout the United States and elsewhere in the world.
