Christopher Verrette has been a member of the violin section of Tafelmusik since 1993 and is a frequent soloist and leader with the orchestra. He holds a Bachelor of Music and a Performer's Certificate from Indiana University and has contributed to the development of early music in the American Midwest as a founding member of the Chicago Baroque Ensemble and Ensemble Voltaire (Indianapolis), and as a guest director with the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra. He collaborates with numerous ensembles around North America, performing music from seven centuries on violins, viola, rebec, vielle and viola d'amore. He has recently recorded sonatas by Bertali and other 17th-century composers with Chatham Baroque, and rarely heard classical symphonies for an anthology to be published by Indiana University Press. Chris also volunteers enthusiastically in the Lunch Programme at the Church of the Redeemer.