About Us

Our Mission

Sonido Barroco’s mission as an ensemble is to provide historically informed and educational performances of early music on period instruments to San Antonio, Texas and surrounding areas. We aim to inspire young musicians, ignite a love of early music, and ensure the survival of period instrument ensembles into the future. Early music is an underrepresented art form and an innovative practice with its purpose being to reinvigorate long forgotten pieces with new perspectives. We believe that the study of early music can bridge cross-cultural boundaries as we explore the past in the context of the present. Sonido Barroco strives to make this music accessible to the whole San Antonio community regardless of any economic, social, or cultural barriers. 

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Board of Directors

Hector Serna

Hector Serna began playing ‘cello at age 11 and soon began playing violin, viola, and any other instruments he could get his hands on. His passion for historically-informed performance was ignited when at age 12 he checked out a recording of Vivaldi’s Le Quattro Stagioni by The Academy Of Ancient Music from his local library. He is the co-founder and Artistic Director of Sonido Barroco, which gave its first performance in August of 2017. He is also very active in the theatre community in San Antonio, where he has served as Music Director and Keyboardist for over 30 productions including Miss Saigon, Rent, next to normal, The Rocky Horror Show, Annie, Sister Act, Jesus Christ Superstar, Hairspray, and many others. His number one goal is to make live performances of Baroque and Classical music more accessible to people of every socioeconomic status, and to encourage young people to listen to and develop a love of Baroque music.

Dr. Kristin Delia Hayes

Kristin Hayes, D.M., currently teaches flute and coaches the woodwind ensembles at St. Mary’s University, and she serves as the Flute Choir Director and Woodwind Instructor with the Youth Orchestras of San Antonio. An active performer and clinician, Dr. Hayes has performed and presented at various festivals and conventions, including the National Flute Association Convention, MTNA National Convention, Mid-South Flute Festival, and the Florida Flute Association Convention. She has also performed and held masterclasses at various institutions throughout North and Central America, and she frequently serves as adjudicator for local, state, regional, and national competitions, including the NFA Young Artist Competition, the Texas Music Teacher’s Association’s (TMTA) Woodwind Competitions, and the Music Teacher’s National Association (MTNA) Woodwind Competitions. Dr. Hayes has also served on the NFA Pedagogy Committee, the NFA New Music Committee, and as Assistant Coordinator for the NFA Young Artist Competition.

Nadia Bohachewsky Soree

Harpsichordist Nadia Bohachewsky Soree began her formal piano training at the age of six at the Manhattan School of Music, Preparatory Division. Soree continued her studies at Rutgers University with Ilana Vered and received her Bachelor of Music degree from The Juilliard School as a pupil of Martin Canin. As a pianist, she won prizes in numerous competitions, While pursuing her Master of Music degree at Rutgers University, Soree turned her attention to the harpsichord, studying with Charlotte Mattax Moersch. As a harpsichordist, Soree was a laureate of the harpsichord competition “Musica Antiqua” in Brugge, where she was awarded an Honorable Mention. She also received the Jurow Award at the Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society International Competition, and won First Prize at the J.S. Bach International Harpsichord Competition in Montreal. Soree’s professional life took a different turn when she embarked on a legal career, receiving her Juris Doctor degree from Yale Law School. Soree practiced in the Office of the Legislative Counsel for the United States House of Representatives, after which she joined the faculty of St. Thomas University School of Law, where she served as a Professor of Law. In 2018, Soree returned to the harpsichord, and is currently completing her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of North Texas, under the guidance of Dr. Brad Bennight. Through her harpsichord career, she has enjoyed the opportunity to study, in master classes and privately, with prominent harpsichordists such as Gustav Leonhardt, Kenneth Gilbert, Davitt Moroney, and most recently, with Catalina Vicens. Soree has performed with the UNT Baroque Orchestra in the Boston Early Music Festival, as a chamber recitalist in the Lewisville Lake Symphony International Chamber Series, and recently made her West Coast recital debut as part of the MusicSources concert series in Berkeley, California. Soree now calls San Antonio home, and performs regularly as a soloist and continuo player in the greater San Antonio area.

Sara Vicinaiz

Sara Vicinaiz, a native of the Rio Grande Valley, began performing on the baroque oboe at the University of North Texas during her undergraduate degree in oboe performance. She moved on to receive her Master of Arts in Musicology from Indiana University. Sara has participated in many early music festivals and ensembles including Boston Early Music Festival, Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute, Amherst Early Music Festival, International Baroque Institute at Longy, Bloomington Bach Cantata Project, Austin Baroque Orchestra, and American Bach Soloists. Her main teachers are James Ryon, Kathryn Montoya, Meg Owens, and Debra Nagy. Sara Vicinaiz is passionate about bringing music to the San Antonio community; her full-time job is as an arts administrator with the Youth Orchestras of San Antonio. She believes that access to the arts and cultural institutions are integral to all communities. In her free time, Sara loves to read, write poetry, bake, do yoga, and hang out with her husband Erik & cat Gracie.

Alex Flores

Musicians

Violin
Nadia Witherspoon
Sharon Kwee
Oscar Dodier
Joan Carlson
Ryan Zarmbinski

Viola
Hector Serna *

Violoncello
Cora Harnish *
Christina Trongone

Double Bass
Andrew Sutton *
Daniel Racer
Doug Rickaway

Harpsichord
Nadia Soree *
Samuel Gaskin
David Stith

Winds & Percussion
Erik Anderson, Sackbut
Patty Fagan-Miller, Bassoon
Douglas Bakenhus, Bassoon
Kristin Delia Hayes, Recorder & Transverse Flute
Gerald Self, Recorder
Eric Peterson, Percussion
Sara Vicinaiz, Oboe
Erin Webber, Oboe
Adam Gordon, Trumpet
Daniel Miller, Trumpet

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