Bruce Lamott is director of the Philharmonia Chorale, the professional chorus of Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, and was formerly choral director of the Carmel Bach Festival. A graduate of Lewis and Clark College, Dr. Lamott received his M.A. and Ph.D. in musicology from Stanford, with research in the keyboard improvisation practices of the 17th century. He has had a distinguished career in conducting vocal and instrumental works of the Baroque period, and has performed as a harpsichordist with the San Francisco Opera, the Sacramento Symphony, and the Carmel Bach Festival. Dr. Lamott is an instructor in music and Western Civilization at San Francisco University High School and teaches continuo realization for the apprentice coaches in the San Francisco Opera's Merola Opera Program.
