Hailed by the Minneapolis Star Tribune as “nimbly expressive” and possessing
“warmth and sensitivity”, Baroque cellist and violist da gamba, Maryne Mossey, is
an active performer and teacher based in the Twin Cities. She has performed
regularly at venues ranging from Carnegie Hall and Merkin Concert Hall in New
York, the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, to Orchestra Hall in Minnesota. On
Baroque cello and viola da gamba, she has performed with Lyra Baroque
Orchestra, the Bach Society of Minnesota, Consortium Carissimi, and is a principal
continuo player with La Grande Bande.

Dedicated to fostering the next generation of cellists and gamba players, Maryne
has a large studio of both cello and viola da gamba students out of her home
studio and at the Saint Paul Conservatory of Music. She directs the viola da gamba
program at the SPCM, coaching weekly viola da gamba ensemble classes. Maryne
has taught at the Viola da Gamba Society of America’s annual Conclave, a
gathering of over 100 viol players from around the world. Maryne is also a cello
instructor for the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies Sponsored Lessons
Program. And she is a 2025 Minnesota Public Radio Class Notes Artist with La
Grande Bande.

Maryne’s teachers have included cellists Jerome Carrington, Clive Greensmith, and
Marcy Rosen on modern cello. Her studies in Early Music have been with Julie
Elhard and Sarah Cunningham on viola da gamba, and Phoebe Carrai on Baroque
cello. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Queens College and a Masters in
Science from the University of Minnesota. Maryne plays on an 1806 Thomas Dodd
cello and a 1991 François Bodart viola da gamba. Maryne resides in St. Paul with
her two Italian greyhounds.