Formed in 1973 by five graduates of the Juilliard School, the Aulos Ensemble was at the forefront of a movement that has captured the imagination of the American listening public. The group's artistic intelligence, based on informed scholarly insight, along with an uncompromising standard of excellence, has resulted in invitations from virtually all of America’s major chamber music presenters. Its performances have helped to create a new appreciation of the rich rewards of original instrument performance and have earned admiration from America’s most respected critics, who call Aulos concerts “scintillating,” “virtuosic,” “rare and delightful,” and “authentic baroque performance at its best.”

In addition to an extensive touring schedule, the Aulos Ensemble created its own concert series in New York City. Featuring collaborations with leading artists in authentic performance from both the United States and Europe, the Aulos Ensemble has welcomed, among others, harpsichordists Trevor Pinnock and Albert Fuller, violinists Jaap Schroeder and Stanley Richie, cellist Anner Bylsma, oboist Michel Piguet, and vocalists Jan de Gaetani, Bethany Beardslee, Charles Bressler, Julianne Baird, Sanford Sylvan, and Dawn Upshaw.

Across the country, the Aulos Ensemble's holiday concert tours and "Baroque Christmas" recording have become essential parts of holiday celebrations. At home in New York, the Aulos Ensemble performs a special Christmas concert annually, frequently in the magical setting of the Medieval Sculpture Court at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. As the New York Times says “If it has to be just one Christmas concert, this is it!”

The Aulos Ensemble’s first recording, released on the Musical Heritage Society label in 1981, was heralded as one of the most accomplished and significant observances of the Telemann tercentenary, receiving the “Critic’s Choice” award from High Fidelity/Musical America magazine. Since then, the Aulos Ensemble has released more than a dozen CDs on the MHS label, including two-CD sets of Bach, Handel, and Vivaldi, as well a the complete “Essercizii Musici” of Telemann on five discs. The Aulos Ensemble can also be heard frequently on National Public Radio. In the early fall of 2006, a new CD of baroque music for Christmas featuring soprano Julianne Baird, In Dulci Jubilo, marked the beginning of a new association with Centaur Records. The next release for that label will feature music by Rameau.

In conjunction with its concerts, the Aulos Ensemble has given numerous master classes and lecture demonstrations in 17th- and 18th-century performance practice at colleges and universities throughout the country.