Name Tina Chancey Role Multi-instrumentalist | Spouse Scott Reiss | |
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Albums Tina Chancey: The Versatile Viol: Scottish & Irish Music, American Landscapes Similar People Hesperus, Maggie Sansone, Candice Night, Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Orlando Gibbons |
Tina Chancey: Funding FĂȘtes Galantes
Tina Chancey is a multi-instrumentalist specializing in early bowed strings from the rebec and vielle to the kamenj, viol and lyra viol. She is Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Contents
- Tina Chancey Funding Ftes Galantes
- Tina Chancey and the pardessus de viole
- Early life and education
- Career
- As part of Hesperus
- As producer
- References

Tina Chancey and the pardessus de viole
Early life and education

Chancey received her Bachelor's in Music and MA in performance from Queens College, City University of New York, her MA in Musicology from New York University, and her PhD in Musicology from the online Union Institute.
Career
She has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts to support solo performances on the pardessus de viole at the Kennedy Center and Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.
She started Hesperus, an ensemble, with her husband Scott Reiss.
Chancey has also performed with the Folger Consort and the Ensemble for Early Music.
In addition, she has written articles for publications such as Early Music America Magazine, as a book reviewer.
Chancey has been a member of the Renaissance-Rock group Blackmore's Night (featuring Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple and Rainbow with his partner, Candice Night). Her stage name with them is "Tudor Rose."