ELISABETH REED (viola da gamba & violoncello) was born and raised in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and now lives in Oakland, California. She teaches viola da gamba, baroque cello, and ensembles at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and at the University of California at Berkeley. She performs with many local and national early music ensembles including the Seattle Baroque Orchestra, the Portland Baroque Orchestra, American Bach Soloists, the Novello String Quartet, Wildcat Viols, and the improvisational group, MOTOR.  Recent highlights include solo and concerto appearances this past summer at the Magnolia Baroque Festival and the Indianapolis Early Music Festival. 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, Focus, and Magnatune 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.