UNC Asheville's Music Department will continue its 2008-09 concert season with a Baroque concert at 12:45 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28, at UNC Asheville's Lipinsky Auditorium. The performance will feature Gail Ann Schroeder, viola da gamba; Ann Stierli, recorder and viola da gamba; and Barbara Weiss, harpsichord. The event is free and open to the public.

Schroeder holds a bachelor of music degree from the University of Michigan and a Higher Diploma from the Royal Music Conservatory of Brussels. She has performed extensively as a soloist in the United States and Europe, and has been featured on radio and television programs as well as CD recordings. For 14 years, Schroeder taught at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. Since returning to the United States in 2004, she continues to teach and lead workshops on the viola da gamba.

Stierli, who plays the viola da gamba and recorder, holds a bachelor of music degree from the Eastman School of Music. She has been a member of the Miami Philharmonic Orchestra, the Knoxville Symphony and the Early Music Consort of Miami. Currently, Stierli is a member of the Knoxville Early Music Project and director of the Knoxville Chapter of the American Recorder Society.

Weiss has performed extensively on harpsichord in the United States and Canada. Previously, she has served on the faculties of the University of Miami, the Peabody Conservatory of Music, Concordia College and the Oberlin Conservatory. Weiss is a member of the Baroque ensemble Belladonna and has performed on a number of recordings.

For more information about the concert, call the Music Department at 828/251-6432.