Charlie Reed is a cellist, gambist, educator, and composer based in New York. He is a founding member of Nuova Pratica, a collective of historical composers and improvisers, and La Forza delle Stelle Baroque Orchestra. His festival appearances include Blue Hill Bach Festival in Blue Hill, Maine, and Dans les Jardins de William Christie in Thire, France, and he can also be heard in many other groups in and around New York City. He is a graduate of Juilliard’s Historical Performance program, where he was the school’s first combined baroque cello/gamba major, as well as a graduate of the Eastman School of Music, where he received the prestigious Performer’s Certificate, and Oberlin Conservatory. A passionate teacher, he is a certified Suzuki Cello instructor, and teaches cello to students of all ages at the Diller-Quaile School and Lindeblad School of Music as well as in his own private studio.

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