Patricia Ann Neely

Patricia Ann Neely (Instrumentalist) has appeared with many early music ensembles including, Tempesta di Mare, Opera Lafayette, the Folger Consort, TENET, North Carolina Baroque Orchestra, Smithsonian Chamber Players, the New York Collegium, the Washington Bach Consort, Amor Artis, ARTEK, Glimmerglass Opera, New York City Opera, the Boston Camerata, Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, The Newberry Consort, The New York Consort of Viols, and Early Music New York, among others, and was a founding member of the viol consort Parthenia. For many years she was the principal violone player for Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity. She spent three years touring with the acclaimed European-based medieval ensemble, Sequentia as the medieval fiddle player, performing throughout Europe and North America, at festivals including, Oude Muziek – Utrecht, Bach Tage – Berlin, Alte Musik – Herne, Wratislavia Cantans – Poland, Music Before 1800, and The Vancouver Early Music Festival. Ms. Neely began playing the viol at Vassar College and continued her studies, earning an MFA in Historical Performance at Sarah Lawrence College, with additional studies in Belgium with Wieland Kuijken.

She has recorded for Arabesque, Allegro, Musical Heritage, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, Ex Cathedra, Classic Masters, Erato, Lyric Hord, and Music Masters labels. Ms. Neely has been a member of the faculty at the Amherst Early Music Summer Festival, the Viola da Gamba Society of America Conclaves, Viola da Gamba Society of both New England and New York workshops, Pinewoods Early Music Workshop and has been a member of the music faculty at The Brearley School, Wagner College, and Vassar College. She recently received a grant from the Viola da Gamba Society of America to support a viol program at LaGuardia High School of Music and Art and the Performing Arts and Vassar College, where as a student, at both institutions, she had her first introduction to early music. Ms. Neely was the Executive Director of the Connecticut Early Music Society and Festival from 2012 until 2015. She is currently the on the Board of EMA and the Board of the Viola da Gamba Society and is Chair of its Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion committee. Ms. Neely was featured in the inaugural concert the Gotham Early Music Scene, Inc. Open Gates project a series dedicated to creating greater access to stages for musicians of color in Early Music. She was recently inducted into the History Makers, a Digital Archive, developed by Carnegie Mellon University, provides unique access to thousands of African American lives.