Maryne Mossey

Viola da Gamba, Cello

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 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.