Patricia Halverson (viola da gamba and violone) is a founding member of Chatham Baroque. As a musician with the ensemble, she has enjoyed a career of more than 30 years of performances in Pittsburgh and across the country as well as concerts and festivals in Canada, Mexico, Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador. Halverson holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Early Music Performance Practice from Stanford University. At Stanford, she studied viol with Martha McGaughey, and following the completion of her degree, continued viol studies at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in The Hague. Among other collaborations, Patty has performed as a soloist in Bach passion performances on numerous occasions including with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Patty is a frequent faculty member at viol and recorder workshops, including the Mideast Early Music Workshop, Viol Sphere 2, Bloom Early Music Workshop, and the Viola da Gamba Society of America’s annual conclave. She plays viols by Karl Dennis (Rhode Island) and Judith Kraft (Paris, France).