Tina Chancey
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Tina Chancey is a multi-instrumentalist specializing in early bowed strings from the rebec and vielle to the kamenj, viol and lyra, 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 Weil Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.
Tina Chancey received her PhD in Musicology from Union Institute.
She started Hesperus, an ensemble known for their early music and folk music concerts, with her husband, Scott Reiss (recorder, Irish penny whistle and hammered dulcimer).
Ms. Chancey has also 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 husband, Scott Reiss, died on December 14, 2005 at the age of 54 at his home in Arlington, Virginia, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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