Adrienne Hyde

Adrienne Hyde is a multi-instrumentalist specializing in historical performance practice on the baroque cello, bass viol, lirone, and bass violin. She graduated from the Eastman School of Music in 2020 and in 2023 she completed her Master’s degrees in Baroque Cello and Viola da Gamba at the Juilliard School on full scholarship. At Juilliard she was a Morse Teaching Artist, a Music Advancement Program Fellow, and a Gluck Community Service Fellow, through which she taught in NYC public schools and mentored young cellists, while providing musical service to her community. Currently she is the Associate Director of Education and Community Engagement at the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, where she oversees four youth orchestras, manages concert operations for all education-based offerings, and works closely with teachers in surrounding counties to develop curriculum and trainings to support music in classrooms across Baltimore.  

 Past appearances have included prestigious festivals such as the Boston Early Music Festival, Early Music Vancouver, and Aston Magna. She has performed with such notable groups as Les Arts Florissants, Vox Luminis, the Thirteen, and Bach Collegium San Diego. This year she will also join Trinity Wall Street Baroque Orchestra, Vox Luminis, the Sebastians, the Thirteen, Philharmonie Austin, the Helicon Foundation, and Blue Hill Bach players for concerts all over the United States. 

 Adrienne is deeply committed to equity. 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 Open Source Baroque, a consort dedicated to playing the music of women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ composers. She is also a regular volunteer at psychiatric hospitals in Baltimore, where she resides with her partner, a French horn player in the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.