founded by Roger Harmon and Mindy Rosenfeld

The Baltimore Consort was founded by Roger Harmon and Mindy Rosenfeld in 1980. Harmon formerly had taught lute at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Maryland . They performed together for ten years before releasing their first album for Dorian Recordings , a collection of Scottish music called On the Banks of Helicon . By the time of that recording the ensemble consisted of Custer LaRue ( soprano ), Ronn McFarlane ( lute ), Mary Anne Ballard ( viols , fiddle ), Larry Lipkis (bass viol, recorder ), Chris Norman ( flutes , bagpipes , bodhran ), Howard Bass ( bandora ), and Mark Cudek ( cittern , bass viol ). Norman was replaced in 2003 by Mindy Rosenfeld , founding member of the original 1980 group whom he had replaced in 1987, and LaRue began an indefinite leave of absence in 2004, at which time countertenor José Lemos began performing with the group, joined in 2005 by soprano Danielle Svonavec .