About Us

Named for a colonial route through central Virginia, Three Notch’d Road: The Virginia Baroque Ensemble specializes in the performance of historical repertoires from both sides of the Atlantic. Their musicianship is founded on a vigorous historical approach, offering little-known music of the baroque as well as incisive performances of well-known favorites. In addition to their subscription series, Three Notch’d Road musicians perform in schools throughout central Virginia.

Three Notch’d Road has appeared at Garth Newel Music Center, the Waterford Concert Series, the Ewell Concert Series at The College of William & Mary, Shenandoah University’s Bach-Handel Festival, the Boston Early Music Festival Fringe Concert Series, and the Tuesday Concert Series at Church of the Epiphany in Washington, D.C. They have collaborated with the University of Virginia Chamber Singers under the direction of Michael Slon. In 2016, Three Notch’d Road was featured on the prestigious Music at Dumbarton Oaks concert series, and in 2013, they presented the music of Salamone Rossi at the Italian Embassy (both in Washington, D.C.).

More recently, they have collaborated with Richmond’s Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in performances of Mozart’s Requiem and Bach’s Mass in B Minor, and with Baltimore’s Basilica of the Assumption in performances of Bach’s Passions according to St. John (in 2025) and St. Matthew (in 2026).

Their sixteenth season is sponsored in part by Virginia National Bank and the Community Foundation of the Central Blue Ridge.

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