Violinist and soprano Fiona Hughes holds degrees from Oberlin Conservatory and Cleveland Institute of Music. She is artistic director of Three Notch'd Road: The Virginia Baroque Ensemble, a member of Boston's Handel + Haydn Society and has recently performed with L’Harmonie des saisons (Montréal), Philharmonie Austin (TX), and was a faculty fellow soprano at the 2025 Catholic Institute of Sacred Music (Menlo Park, CA). Fiona has performed in numerous music festivals, including National Repertory Orchestra, Banff (Canada), Staunton Music Festival, and Japan’s Pacific Music Festival. For inspiration in music she thanks especially Adam DeGraff, Marilyn McDonald, Lucy van Dael, and Harry Christophers. Her violins are by Claude Pierray (1720 Paris) and Jonathan Vacanti (2025 Charlottesville).