Chrissy Spencer, viola da gamba, is a founding member of the vocal ensemble Uncommon Practice and the Baranduin Baroque Ensemble in Vancouver, BC, and has performed in Atlanta with Ritornello and New Trinity Baroque. She helps organize regional and national early music workshops, including the Mountain Collegium weeklong summer workshop and Music on the Mountain, a weekend viol workshop. She is the President of the Viola da Gamba Society of America. Chrissy lives in Atlanta, GA, where she is on the Biological Sciences faculty at Georgia Tech, rides her bike to work, and raises chickens in the city.