Caitlin Cribbs

Caitlin Cribbs, baroque violinist and violist, holds performance degrees from the Eastman School of Music (MM 2012) and the University of North Texas (BM 2010) and is in her third year of DMA studies at University of Maryland. She performs regularly with period ensembles in the DC area and across the US, including Mountainside Baroque, Washington Bach Consort, The Thirteen, and The Washington National Cathedral Baroque Orchestra. Caitlin was a Smithsonian Haydn Fellow in 2022 and 2023 and will join the Smithsonian Academy Orchestra in 2024. She also plays viola da gamba and is arranging a collection of French gamba repertoire for viola. When not performing or teaching, Caitlin can be found in the air on the flying trapeze, or at home writing knitting patterns.

Gilbert Spencer