Faythe Vollrath
harpsichord
Biography
Faythe Vollrath, harpsichordist, is actively heard as a soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States. Hailed by the Wall Street Journal for her “subtly varied tempo and rhythm that sounds like breathing,” her solo performances include venues such as MusicSources in Berkeley, CA, Gothem Early Music in New York City, and Bruton Parish Church in Colonial Williamsburg, VA. Other unique experiences include a solo performance pairing Japanese harpsichord works with Japanese art at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, CA, and performing in a columbarium as part of the Garden of Memory in Oakland, CA. Enamored with the contrast of new music written for historic instruments, Faythe combines these new vs. old elements in many of her performances. Concerts dedicated specifically to this pursuit include the Festival of New American Music in Sacramento, CA, and the Center for New Music in San Francisco, CA. She has performed concerts of new music in both Serbia and France, introducing new American
composers to the audience.
Faythe received first prize with an excellence nomination in the Vivaldi International Music Competition, and was a semi-finalist in the Petrichor International Music Competition, both in 2022. Additional awards include first place in the Charleston International Music Competition in 2021, semi-finalist in the 2012 Jurow International Harpsichord Competition, and the 2009 Betchel award recipient presented by the Midwestern Historical Keyboard Society. She has been featured on public radio in Michigan, Arizona, Washington, Oregon, and California. Faythe received her doctoral diploma from SUNY-Stony Brook under Arthur Haas, and artist diploma from the U of I Urbana-Champaign under Charlotte Mattax Moersch. She earned her Bachelors of Music in Piano Performance from
CSU-Sacramento while studying piano with Richard Cionco. Faythe currently teaches harpsichord and organ at the University of California, Davis.
Recordings
Enjoy these past live-streamed performances
Concerts
Concert Season
In-Person PerformancesSummer 2026
Historical Performance Institute Annual Conference, lecture, Peter Pelham's Lesson Book May 22-24, Bloomington, IN
Historical Keyboard Society of North America Annual Conference, lecture recital, Peter Pelham's Lesson Book June 10-13th, Bologna, Italy
Twin Cities Early Music Festival, solo recital, Inspirations from the Past June 18th, St. Paul, MN
Twin Citities Early Music Festival Harpsichord Extravaganza June 21st, St. Paul, MN
Festival Napa Valley Private Reception July 14th, Napa, CA
Bruton Parish Church, solo recital, America at 250 July 23rd, Williamsburg, VA
Colonial Williamsburg Raleigh Concert: Revolutionary Musick July 24th, Williamsburg, VAFall 2026
Auburn Symphony Symphony in the Park Sept. 19th, Auburn, CA
Sacramento Baroque Soloists Uncommon Splendor Oct. 10-11th, Sacramento, CA
Auburn Symphony, concerto soloist, Masterworks I Oct. 17-18th, Auburn, CA
Central Connecticut State University, solo recital America at 250
Nov. 5th, New Britain, CT
St. John's in the Village, solo recital America at 250 Nov. 7th, New York, NY
Recent Live-Streamed Performances
Shinkoskey Noon Concerts, April 9th, Davis, CA
Recent Past Concerts of Note
MusicSources, Berkeley, CA
University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, VA
Reed College, Portland, OR
National Museum of Music, Vermillion, SD
Capital Choral, Sacramento, CA
Chant Claire, Milwaukee, WI
Salish Sea Festival, various locations, Washington State
Berkeley Early Music Festival, Berkeley, CA
Muhlenburg College, Allentown, PA
Modesto Junior College, Modesto, CA
Barefoot Chamber Concerts, Berkeley, CA
Music in the Mountains, Grass Valley, CA
Festival of New America Music, Sacramento, CA
Shinkoskey Noon Concerts, Davis, CA
Harrison Oaks Studios, Folsom, CA
Festival Napa Valley, Helena, CA
Music at St. Lorenz, Frankenmuth, MI
Winona State University, MN
l'Atelier de la Main d'Or, Paris, France
Concordia University, Irvine CA "Harpsichord Dedication Concert"
Capella Antiqua Choir and Baroque Orchestra "Messiah"
Gothem Early Music, New York, NY
Chamber Music Society of Sacramento
Old First Concerts, San Francisco, CA
International Harpsichord Festival, Belgrade, Serbia
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Antelope, CA.
Sacramento Baroque Soloists, Sacramento, CA
The Baroque Room, St. Paul, MN.
Friday Noon Musicales, First Unitarian Church, Madison, WI.
Contact
Rakia
Soprano Katherine Kaiser and harpsichordist Faythe Vollrath met while students performing in the Baroque Ensemble at SUNY-Stony Brook on Long Island. During the COVID lockdown, they kept in touch over Zoom and dreamed of performing bucket list pieces. Katherine and Faythe have been heard together on both the East and West coasts, and look forward to many years of performing their favorite repertoires. Katherine and Faythe are lecturers in music at
Muhlenberg College and UC Davis, respectively.