Barry Bauguess is one of North America’s most sought-after Baroque trumpet sololists and is Principal Trumpet of Apollo's Fire, Portland Baroque Orchestra, The Magnolia Baroque Festival, Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, and Atlanta Baroque Orchestra. He frequently appears as a guest artist with many of today's finest period instrument ensembles including Chatham Baroque, The Folger Consort, Tempesta di Mare, The Washington Bach Consort, American Bach Soloists, Tafelmusik, and was a member of Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra from 1987 to 1999.

He serves on the faculties of the Baroque Performance Institute at Oberlin Conservatory, the Historic Performance Department of Case Western Reserve University, and is a member of the Board of Directors of Early Music America. Barry is also the owner of The Baroque Trumpet Shop in New Bern, North Carolina.

Barry holds a BM and MM from the NC School of the Arts. He has recorded for Harmonia Mundi, Teldec, Koch International, Conifer Classics, Nonesuch, Sine Qua Non, PBS and NPR and has performed throughout the US, Canada, Germany, Italy, and Japan. When not physically attached to the trumpet, Barry can usually be found either in his kitchen cooking with his wife Paige Whitley-Bauguess or on the back roads of North Carolina racing his bicycle.