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. 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 through Book 8 and teaches cello to students of all ages at the Queens College, Diller-Quaile School, Lindeblad School of Music, and in his own private studio.