Member
Contact Information
neelyp@alum.vassar.eduLocation
New York, New York
Early Music Skills & Interests
Double Bass, Rebec, Recorder, Vielle, Viola Da Gamba, Violone, Voice - AltoEarly Music Affiliations
Administrator, Advocate, Artist Management, Board Member -EMA, Board Member -Other, Educator, Music/Artistic Director, Performer, Publicist, Writer
Biography
PATRICIA ANN NEELY has appeared with many early music ensembles including, Tempesta di Mare, Opera Lafayette, the Folger Consort, Smithsonian Chamber Players, Pegasus, 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, Waverly Consort, and Early Music New York, among others, and was a founding member of the viol consort Parthenia. She is currently the director of Abendmusik, New York’s Period Instrument String Band. 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 on vielle, 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, Lyrichord, 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, Pinewoods Early Music Workshop and has been a member of the music faculty at The Brearley School, Wagner College, and Vassar College. She is a founding member of Early Music America.
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