Adrienne Hyde is a multi-instrumentalist specializing in historical performance practices on the cello and viola da gamba.  She performs regularly in the NYC area as a member of various continuo sections playing the baroque cello, bass viol, lirone, and bass violin. She graduated from the Eastman School of Music in 2020 and now is completing her Master’s degrees in Baroque Cello and Viola da Gamba at the Juilliard School on full scholarship. At Juilliard she is a Morse Teaching Artist, a Music Advancement Program Fellow, and a Gluck Community Service Fellow, through which she teaches in NYC public schools and mentors young cellists, and provides musical service to her community. She has studied with renowned pedagogues  Alan Harris, Christel Theilmann, Paul O’Dette, Sarah Cunningham, Phoebe Carrai, Robert Mealy and Bill Christie. 

Adrienne is deeply committed to equity within all realms of music. She is a passionate artistic administrator for the Valissima Institute, a conducting training program for young women committed to gender equity in classical music. Three years ago she co- founded an ensemble, Open Source Baroque, a broken consort of four historical performance students dedicated to programming and recording the music of women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ composers.