PATRICIA ANN NEELY (viola da gamba, vielle) has appeared with many early music ensembles including, the Folger Consort, Smithsonian Chamber Players and Viol Consort, Tempesta di Mare, TENET, the Washington Bach Consort, ARTEK, Glimmerglass Opera, New York City Opera, Boston Camerata, Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, The Newberry Consort, The New York Consort of Viols, Waverly Consort, and Early Music New York 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 in NYC. She spent three years playing vielle and touring with the acclaimed European-based medieval ensemble, Sequentia, performing throughout Europe and North America, and at festivals including, Oude Muziek - Utrecht, Bach Tage – Berlin, Alte Musik – Herne, Wratislavia Cantans - Poland, Music Before 1800, and The Vancouver Early Music Festival. She is currently Managing Director of Abendmusik, New York’s Period Instrument String Ensemble, which collaborated with Concert Theatre Works & Gesualdo Six for “Secret Byrd.” Pat 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, MSR Classics, Musical Heritage, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, Ex Cathedra, Classic Masters, Erato, Lyrichord, and Music Masters labels. She is on the boards of the Viola da Gamba Society of America and Early Music America. Pat is teaching viol to students at Vassar College and has been on the music faculty of The Brearley School. She has also taught at many early music workshops including, the VDGSA Conclave, Pinewoods, and VdGSA weekend workshops.

**Patricia Ann Neely will be on faculty week 2 of the 2025 Amherst Early Music Festival.