Seven Hills Baroque

Seven Hills Baroque Cincinnati, Ohio, 🇺🇸 | sharing the beauty and intrigue of historical performance with audiences everywhere! 🎶
25-26 Season: “Chamber Reflections”🎻🪞

Seven Hills Baroque (7HB) enriches the Greater Cincinnati musical landscape with performances of Baroque and early Classical masterpieces on period instruments. Founded in the summer of 2020 by mezzo-soprano Lauren McAllister, oboist Brian Lyons, cellist Dr. Joshua Bermudez, and harpsichordist Dr. Michael Delfín, 7HB is the proud recipient of a CCMpower grant, and is Cincinnati’s leading historical performance ensemble.

7HB’s ensemble members and guests are prizewinning artists in musical genres ranging from medieval to modern, and hail from every geographical region of the United States. 7HB’s members consider it extremely fortunate that their paths crossed in Cincinnati, and are relentlessly united in their vision to share the intrigue and beauty of historical performance with audiences everywhere. Integral to 7HB’s mission is a commitment to educating young audiences, and using concerts to enact lasting change for the benefit of the Greater Cincinnati community. 7HB has presented outreach programs in Cincinnati schools including Winton Woods High School, East Walnut Hills High School, Cincinnati Waldorf School, and Anderson High School. Beginning in 2023, and continuing indefinitely, 7HB will give a percentage of donations collected at every concert to a local charity, and with limited exceptions, 7HB concerts are free and open to the public.

7HB invites you to explore our site, follow us on social media, and of course, we invite you to attend our exciting performances. We hope to see you at a concert soon!

In gearing up for our FIRST concert of the season on November 8th, we’d like to introduce our performers, beginning with...
10/08/2026

In gearing up for our FIRST concert of the season on November 8th, we’d like to introduce our performers, beginning with one of our soloists, C. Keith Collins !✨

C. Keith Collins occupies himself with the performance practice of historical woodwinds, and as such is adjunct lecturer in historical bassoon at Indiana University’s Historical Performance Institute. He has performed with many of North America’s leading early music ensembles, and in 2008 completed the first doctorate in historical bassoon performance at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. He is a founding member of Heartland Baroque, whose inaugural recording was released in the spring of 2021. Other musical interests include the early American banjo tradition, shape-note singing, Appalachian ballads, and the harp music of Ireland and Highland Scotland.

We are so excited to feature Keith on the baroque bassoon🍂 and the dulcian🍁 on our “Chamber Sonatas” program this November!

Want to learn more about these unique instruments, and see them in action? Come join us on Sunday, November 8th at 3:00pm at Indian Hill Church! 🎶💛

IT'S HERE!! Our 2026-2027 Season...A Cabinet of Curiosities! ✨Scroll to learn more about:WHY we chose our season title,W...
08/23/2026

IT'S HERE!! Our 2026-2027 Season...

A Cabinet of Curiosities! ✨

Scroll to learn more about:
WHY we chose our season title,
WHERE our 2026-2027 concerts will be held, and....
WHICH unique Baroque instruments will be featured!

More information is included on our website, www.7hillsbaroque.org ! (You can also sign up for our exclusive newsletter, where you can hear about future concerts and more BEFORE the general public! 👀)

We are SO excited for this season, and can't wait to see you all there! ✨

With the 2026-2027 official season announcement for Seven Hills Baroque approaching (Stay tuned for THIS SUNDAY!! 🎉), we...
08/19/2026

With the 2026-2027 official season announcement for Seven Hills Baroque approaching (Stay tuned for THIS SUNDAY!! 🎉), we wanted to take a moment to publicly recognize our departing longtime board members, Michael Delfin and Lindsey Tootle.

Dr. Delfin, who was recently appointed as Professor of Early Keyboard at the University of Alabama, is one of the founding members of Seven Hills Baroque. He not only performed spectacularly with the ensemble over the past five years, but also served the Cincinnati community as a piano instructor at Cedarville University and a harpsichord and chamber music instructor at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. He was also recently appointed to Early Music America’s Emerging Professional Leadership Council and the Historical Keyboard Society of North America’s board of directors. Since becoming a professor at the University of Alabama, he, his wife, Anne, and their son Teddy, have made their home in Tuscaloosa, where he also serves as organist at the Grace Presbyterian Church.

Lindsey Tootle, who has been a standout violinist and long-time board member of Seven Hills Baroque, is moving back to Huntsville this fall with her husband, John, to be closer to their families. While leaving Cincinnati is difficult for her, we feel strongly that she will remain present for Seven Hills Baroque performances in our coming seasons. As she told us emphatically, “Cincinnati, you’re not getting rid of me that easily!”

Read more about our Board's reflections on their departure and legacy with Seven Hills Baroque on our website, under "Leadership and Musicians". (Link in bio.)

Lindsey and Michael, THANK YOU for all of the dedication, time, energy, and passion you have given to Seven Hills Baroque over the past few years as performers, founders, and board members. We are so thankful for you, and we wish you nothing but success. We hope to see you back again soon, and for now, we say our most heartfelt “see you later”. ❤️

We have officially concluded our 25-26 season! Thank you all for coming to our concert in April 26 - it was a blast, and...
05/21/2026

We have officially concluded our 25-26 season! Thank you all for coming to our concert in April 26 - it was a blast, and a great way to end our season. The energy between these 3 was so contagious!

We will be back soon with our 26-27 season announcement… stay tuned (unlike our gut strings) for more info! 🎶

📸: Iryna Voloshyna

Today’s the day, and we are rehearsed and ready to see you!! 3 pm at Indian Hill Church 🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵
04/26/2026

Today’s the day, and we are rehearsed and ready to see you!! 3 pm at Indian Hill Church 🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵

And the last-but not least-artist feature for Sunday is Lindsey Tootle, Baroque violin! Baroque violinist Lindsey Tootle...
04/26/2026

And the last-but not least-artist feature for Sunday is Lindsey Tootle, Baroque violin!

Baroque violinist Lindsey Tootle appears as a soloist, chamber musician, and collaborator across the U.S., including performances with Seven Hills Baroque (7HB), Harmonie Universelle, members of the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra and New Trinity Baroque, and the Bach Ensemble at St. Thomas alongside musicians of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

Based in Cincinnati and originally from Huntsville, Alabama, Lindsey serves as the principal Baroque violinist and a leader with 7HB. In 2024, she co-founded Bama Baroque and launched the Southeastern Early Music Community (SEMC), helping connect performers across the region. She also serves on Early Music America’s Emerging Professional Leadership Council.

A lifelong devotee of early music since first hearing Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 as a child, Lindsey is known for her dynamic yet informed interpretations of early music, along with a memorable presence on stage and a “storytelling” approach to her concerts. She loves building community through performance, teaching, collaborations, and creative programming.

Featuring the second of our three performers for Sunday: Josh Bermudez, Baroque cello! Dr. Joshua Bermudez has been pass...
04/25/2026

Featuring the second of our three performers for Sunday: Josh Bermudez, Baroque cello!

Dr. Joshua Bermudez has been passionate about classical music since he can remember. Although his undergraduate degree was in business, he remained highly active in music throughout college. He studied cello with the late Dr. James Stroud, played in university and local orchestras, established his school’s official string quartet, and produced a daily classical music radio show. After graduation, he formed a chamber ensemble, Con Brio which performed yearly concerts in the Chattanooga, TN area. Dr. Bermudez completed a master’s degree in Musicology at the University of Maryland before completing a second master’s degree in cello performance, studying with Benjamin Karp at the University of Kentucky. There he performed with the Niles String Quartet, was co-principal of the UK Symphony Orchestra, and was a substitute cellist in the Lexington Philharmonic.

Dr. Bermudez recently completed his doctoral degree at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where he studied with Ilya Finkelshteyn, principal cellist of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Bermudez is cofounder and president of the historically-informed ensemble Seven Hills Baroque.

Featuring the first of our three performers for Sunday, making his 7HB debut: Maksym Mahlay, harpsichord! 😁Maksym Mahlay...
04/23/2026

Featuring the first of our three performers for Sunday, making his 7HB debut: Maksym Mahlay, harpsichord! 😁

Maksym Mahlay is a Cleveland-born Ukrainian keyboardist, composer, and bandurist. He is a first-year Doctor of Musical Arts student at the University of Cincinnati — College-Conservatory of Music, studying Harpsichord under Dr. Michael Unger. Throughout his conservatory career, Maksym is researching various fields, ranging from the evolution of fugue to archiving Ukrainian early music. As a performer, he has performed with the Cleveland Orchestra, CCM’s Concert Orchestra, CCM Chamber Singers, Indiana Slavic Choir, Ars Audax, and local musicians from the Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky area, accompanying on harpsichord, organ, and bandura.

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