Shanti Nachtergaele

Based in Montreal, double bassist Shanti Nachtergaele is a Vanier Scholar and Ph.D. candidate in musicology at McGill University. Her research interests include historical double bass techniques and performance practices, organology, and practice-based research methods. She presents regularly at conferences throughout North America and Europe and has published in Early Music and The Online Journal of Bass Research. As a performer, Shanti specializes in historically informed performances of music from the 16th through 19th centuries and has performed with ensembles such as the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra (Toronto), American Bach Soloists (San Francisco), Accordes! (Oxford), and Les Méandres (Montreal). She studied with Donovan Stokes, Maggie Urquhart, and Rob Nairn, and holds a B.M. in performance from Shenandoah Conservatory, an M.M. in early music from the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague, and an M.A. in music theory and history from The Pennsylvania State University.