Biography
Aston Magna
Effective period / Period of releases: 1978 - 1983
Members: Joshua Rifkin, Linda Quan, James Weaver, Barbara Bogatin, Michel Piguet, Friedemann Immer, Jaap Schröder, Kathy Seplow, Ryland Angel, Loretta O'Sullivan, Andrew Schwartz, Stanley Ritchie, Christopher Krueger, Raymond Erickson, Michael McCraw, Daniel Stepner, Bernard Krainis, Laura Jeppesen, Stephen Hammer, Albert Fuller, David Miller (15), Fortunato Arico, Jane Starkman, Marcus Thompson (3), Marilyn McDonald, John Solum, Anne Black, Julie Leven, Danielle Maddon, Lena Wong, Peter Sykes, Jean Rife, Anthony Martin (6), Robert Sheldon, James Richman, Richard Savino, Jason Fisher (3), Catherine Liddell, Frank Kelley, Philip Levin, Nancy Wilson (3), John Hsu, Kristen Watson, Lionel Party, James Caldwell (2), Stephen Hefling, Deborah Robin, Jason McStoots, Sandra Miller (3), Andrew Arceci, Jaques Lee Wood, Deborah Rentz-Moore, Michael Sponseller, David Mcferrin
American baroque ensemble and musical festival, with headquarters in Great Barrington, MassachusettsFounded by Lee Elman and the late Albert Fuller, the Aston Magna Music Festival, now under the musical direction of Daniel Stepner, is America’s oldest annual summer festival devoted to music performed on period instruments.