Bridget BRAZEAU

Senior Manager of Institutional Giving

Boston Baroque’s Senior Manager of Institutional Giving, Bridget Brazeau, is an accomplished arts administrator and fundraiser passionate about the intersection of music, management, and community engagement. With a strong academic foundation and a decade of experience working across New England's vibrant arts scene, Bridget has spent much of her career supporting and promoting the orchestral arts through management, development, and strategic planning roles.

A graduate of Northwestern University, Bridget pursued a double major in Oboe Performance and Arts Administration/Music Business. Over the past 10 years, Bridget has worked with a variety of orchestras throughout New England, including Symphony NH, Lexington Symphony, New England Philharmonic, and Longwood Symphony Orchestra.

In addition to her musical and professional endeavors, Bridget is an avid reader and nature enthusiast. She can often be found with a cat in her lap, enjoying a good book, or hiking with her husband.

filippo ciabatti

Assistant Conductor

The recipient of the 2020 American Prize in Conducting (college/university division), Filippo Ciabatti, a native of Florence, Italy, is the Director of Orchestral and Choral Programs at the Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, and the Artistic Director of the Upper Valley Baroque Ensemble. Additionally, in 2022, he will serve as Interim Music Director of Opera Company Middlebury.

As guest conductor, Mr. Ciabatti has appeared with numerous opera companies and orchestras in Europe and North and South America, including Opera North (NH), Lyric Theatre at Illinois, Aurora Festival Orchestra (Sweden), Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Toscana dei Conservatori (Italy), Park ICM Orchestra (MO), Universidad Central Orchestra (Colombia), and the Concord Orchestra (MA). He regularly serves as cover conductor for the Portland Symphony Orchestra (ME). At the Hopkins Center, he conducted members of the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra, in a collaboration with the Martha Graham Dance Company.

As a conductor, Mr. Ciabatti has collaborated with artists including Philadelphia Orchestra concertmaster David Kim, baritone Nathan Gunn, cellist Gabriel Cabezas, pianist Sally Pinkas, flutist Luciano Tristaino, and mandolinist Carlo Aonzo. An advocate for contemporary music and collaborations between musical genres, he premiered a secular oratorio composed by renowned jazz composer Taylor Ho Bynum and commissioned a cello concerto by composer Noah Luna, aired during the NPR show “From the Top”.

In 2018, he led a Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra tour to Italy, performing Mahler’s 5 th Symphony in prominent venues and festivals, in collaboration with the Orchestra Toscana dei Conservatori.

In 2018, he was invited to be a Conducting Fellow at the Aurora Music Festival (Sweden), under the direction of Jukka-Pekka Saraste. During the festival, he conducted Hannah Kendall’s 2017 composition, “The Spark Catchers”, in the Konserthuset Stockholm.

As a collaborative pianist and vocal coach, Mr. Ciabatti is on the faculty of Camerata de’ Bardi, the Young Artists Program of Teatro Grattacielo in New York City, and the summer opera programs “Opera Viva!” in Verona (Italy) and “Scuola Italia per Giovani Cantanti Lirici” in Sant’Angelo in Vado (Italy).

In 2021 -2022, he served as Music Director of the Young Artists Program of Opera Middlebury. He has played for masterclasses of Renée Fleming, Nathan Gunn, Isabel Leonard, William Matteuzzi, and Donald George. In Italy, he worked as vocal coach for the Cherubini Conservatory, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, and Florence Opera Academy.

Mr. Ciabatti holds advanced degrees in piano, choral conducting, and orchestral conducting from Italy and the United States.

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Katie DeBonville

Chief Development Officer and Campaign Manager

Katie is an accomplished fundraiser with a diversity of experience in arts organizations in Boston. She joined Boston Baroque as the organization’s first Chief Development Officer in the fall of 2017. Prior to that, Katie spent a decade as a member of New England Conservatory’s Institutional Advancement team, first as Director of Annual Giving and then as Senior Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving before moving into a Leadership Gifts Officer role. Since arriving at Boston Baroque, Katie has worked steadily to increase the organization’s annual contributed income. In the 2018-2019 season, Boston Baroque crossed the $1 million threshold in fundraising for the first time in its history—a milestone which Katie and the team at Boston Baroque look forward to repeating!

In addition to NEC, Katie has held fundraising positions at the Huntington Theatre Company, the Celebrity Series of Boston, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. She is active in Women in Development of Greater Boston and has served on the alumni boards of Bucknell University, where she earned her Bachelor’s degree in flute performance and Spanish in 1995, and New England Conservatory, where she earned her Master’s degree in musicology in 1997. In her spare time, Katie is an avid reader, knitter, and concert-goer.

Dan Ludden

Chief Artistic Administration & Operations Officer

Dan Ludden, Chief Artistic Administration & Operations Officer, joined Boston Baroque in 2016. His responsibilities include managing Boston Baroque's daily finances, production logistics, and office administration. He also supports the Executive Director as needed, and serves as an artistic consultant for vocal soloists.

From a boy soprano through degrees in Musicology and Operatic Voice from Bates College and Indiana University and onto the Board of Directors at Opera Boston, Dan has a lifetime of love and involvement in the musical arts. He is excited to help bring Boston Baroque into and long past its 50th Anniversary!

Nic Laschever

Interim Director of Marketing

Nic Laschever joined Boston Baroque in the Fall of 2024 and is now overseeing marketing strategy, branding, and audience engagement. Previously, Nic served as Marketing Manager for Boston Opera Collaborative, where they streamlined operations and enhanced their digital presence.

As a Design & Marketing Consultant since 2017, Nic has revitalized brands through creative strategies and digital storytelling, supporting organizations such as Beth Morrison Projects and Rockport Art Association. Their background includes extensive experience in graphic design, digital marketing, and content strategy for both arts nonprofits and consumer brands like Fit + Fresh and Brooklyn Boulders.

Currently completing a Master’s in Communication with a focus on Integrated Marketing Communications at Suffolk University, Nic also holds degrees in Theater and Art (Set Design and Sculpture) from Smith College and a degree in Graphic Design from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts.

Nic lives in Greater Boston with their wife, Alexis Peart, a mezzo-soprano and Jane & Steven Akin Emerging Artist with Boston Lyric Opera. When not attending performances, Nic enjoys scuba diving, rock climbing, and spending time with their two cats, Monteverdi and Brindi.

Their favorite Baroque piece is "Crude furie degli orridi abissi" from Handel’s Xerxes and their favorite overall Baroque concert is the timeless Handel’s Messiah. (Clearly a Handel fan).

Christina Day Martinson

Concertmaster

Christina Day Martinson serves as Concertmaster for Boston Baroque. Born in Saskatchewan, Canada, GRAMMY® nominated violinist Christina Day Martinson serves as Concertmaster and Associate Artistic Director for Boston Baroque and is Associate Concertmaster for The Handel + Haydn Society. She has been a featured soloist with Boston Baroque, the Handel + Haydn Society, Joshua Rifkin's Bach Ensemble, Tempesta di Mare, Ars Lyrica Houston, the Unicamp Symphony Orchestra in Brazil and the Philharmonisch Orkest Mozart in Amsterdam. 

In 2018, Martinson was nominated for a GRAMMY® Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo for her tour-de-force performance of the complete cycle of Heinrich Biber’s The Mystery Sonatas, with Boston Baroque.

Martinson has performed as Concertmaster under conductors such as Roger Norrington, Richard Egarr, Bernard Labadie, Raphaël Pichon, Nicholas McGegan, Laurence Cummings, Harry Christophers and Martin Pearlman, among others. Martinson's performances of the complete Mystery Sonatas in 2012-13 were hailed by The Boston Globe as a Top 10 Performance of the Year in 2012 and chosen by Jeremy Eichler for his Top Concerts of 2013. 

A recipient of the NAF- Fulbright Grant and Frank Huntington Beebe Award, Martinson holds degrees from New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, the Royal Conservatory in The Netherlands, and received her Master of Music in Historical Performance from Boston University. She has given chamber music recitals in Jordan Hall, Boston, Ishihara Hall, Japan, the Tage Alter Musik Festival in Regensberg, the Thüringen Bachwochen in Germany, the Casals Festival, Puerto Rico, and at the Leuven Festival in Belgium. 

In 2009, Martinson recorded Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with Boston Baroque for Telarc Records. 

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SARAH RADCLIFFE-MARRS

Executive Director

Sarah Radcliffe-Marrs is an arts leader with over fifteen years of experience in concert, festival, and event planning and execution, as an employee of prominent arts organizations in Boston and England.

Originally from the UK, Sarah grew up surrounded by music, and later earned undergraduate and master's degrees in music and musicology from the University of Oxford. She went on to work for the Royal College of Music, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and the BBC Proms & Radio 3 before moving to the US in 2012. In Boston, she held roles in the Artistic and Concert Operations departments at the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and at the Celebrity Series of Boston. 

Most recently, Sarah served as Executive Director of Gramophone Award-winning vocal ensemble, Blue Heron, and will continue her association with the group as a member of the Board of Directors. Sarah also serves as Co-Chair of the Cultural Council in Malden, where she lives with her husband, two young sons, and a pup named Misha.