Our
aim is to develop a world-class professional period-instrument group,
based in Providence, Rhode Island, that is a real working team dedicated
both to excellence in music and to helping women and children in
need.
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Foundling was launched in the summer of 2003 and has played nearly two
full seasons to enthusiastic crowds on Cape Cod and in Providence.
Foundling has established a partnership with Rhode Island Coalition
Against Domestic Violence, which acts as fiscal sponsor and advocacy
advisor. Inspired by the women of the 18th-century Ospedale della
Pietà, the foundling home for girl children
in Venice where Vivaldi worked as a music teacher, Foundling is embarking
on a dual mission: to develop a world-class professional period instrument
ensemble dedicated to the magnificent string music of the Baroque era;
and to bring this tremendous artistic resource to bear on the needs
of women and children in our communities.
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