About

Elisabeth Reed, cello

Elisabeth Reed was born and raised in Chapel Hill, NC and now lives in Oakland, CA.  A member of the Novello String Quartet, Wildcat Viols, Ensemble Vermillion, and the improvisational group, MOTOR, she has performed with, among others, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Seattle Baroque Orchestra, American Bach Soloists, Magnificat, California Bach Society, Los Angeles Baroque Orchestra, Musica Angelica, Dayton Bach Society, Portland Baroque Orchestra, and Jubilate Baroque Orchestra.  A graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts, the Oberlin Conservatory, the Eastman School of Music, and Indiana University’s Early Music Institute, she can be heard on the Virgin Classics and Focus recording labels.  She is a Guild – certified practitioner of the  Feldenkrais Method of Awareness Through Movement and Functional Integration with a particular interest in the issues facing  musicians and performers.  Director and founder of Seattle, Washington's Viols for Youth program and the principal teacher for the Bay Area Youth Viols program, she now teaches viola da gamba at the University of California at Berkeley and at Mills College.  She teaches cello, baroque cello, viola da gamba, and Feldenkrais privately.

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