A founding member of Mercury Baroque, violinist Jonathan Godfrey has served as Concertmaster and violin soloist since its inception. In addition to Mercury Baroque, Mr. Godfrey is currently the Concertmaster of The Houston Bach Society, and Assistant Concertmaster of the Houston Grand Opera and Houston Ballet Orchestras.

As an orchestral musician, Mr. Godfrey has performed with many fine ensembles including the Houston Symphony, the IRIS Chamber Orchestra, and the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra. He has also served as Concertmaster of numerous orchestras including, the Sinfonietta Cracovia, The Houston Grand Opera Orchestra, The American Radio Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra X, and the Pacific Music Festival Orchestra. He has also concertized in the US and abroad, performing solo and chamber music recitals in Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Houston, Interlochen, and Kansas City, as well as Guanajuato, León, Monterrey, and Santiago Mexico; Yokohama, Kyoto, Matsumoto, Sapporo, Date, and Tokyo Japan, and Quito and Ambato, Ecuador.

As a teacher, Mr. Godfrey has taught private students for the past nineteen years. He served on the violin faculty of both the Interlochen Arts Camp and the Rocky Mountain Summer Conservatory. He was the teaching assistant of both Julia Bushkova at the Interlochen Arts Academy, and Kathleen Winkler at Rice University, where he completed his Master of Music Degree.

Mr. Godfrey plays on the first of a set of instruments to be made specifically for Mercury Baroque by violinmaker Dorian Barnes. This instrument was generously donated to Mercury by the Kirchner family.

Ana Treviño-Godfrey, DMA

Captivating and versatile soprano Ana Treviño-Godfrey is a founding member of Mercury Baroque and has sung with the ensemble since its inception performing concerts and operas in both the US and abroad, including performances at the Cervantino International Music Festival in Guanajuato and León, Mexico and the National Symphony Orchestra of Ecuador in Quito. Equally proficient with other styles of music, Dr. Treviño-Godfrey was a featured soloist with both the Houston Chamber Orchestra and Orchestra X, Dominic Walsh Dance Theater, and Hope Stone Dance Company. 

Her opera roles include Galatea from Acis and Galatea, Colette from Le Devin du Village, Serpina from La Serva Padrona, Grisostomo from Don Quixote, Gasparina from La Canterina, Adele from Die Fledermaus, Adina from Elisir d’ Amore, Zerlina from Don Giovanni, Susanna from Le Nozze di Figaro, Despina from Così fan Tutte, and Belinda from Dido and Aeneas.

As a pedagogue, Dr. Trevino-Godfrey has taught students at Rice University, The Cleveland Institute of Music, Houston Community College, The Interlochen Arts Camp, The Rocky Mountain Summer Conservatory, and at Rice University's Summer Vocal Institute. 

Her education includes The Interlochen Arts Academy (high school), The Cleveland Institute of Music (BM), Rice University (MM and DMA).  Summer programs include The Interlochen Arts Camp, Tanglewood Institute, and Oberlin’s summer program in Casalmaggiore, Italy.

Dr. Trevino-Godfrey is the founder and director of "Prelude Music Classes for Children", a music school which offers developmental music classes for children from birth to age 7, and also Prenatal music.