Zoe Tall Weiss is an Assistant Professor of Musicology at the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music. An active performer on the viola da gamba and Baroque cello, Zoe is a founding member of LeStrange Viols whose recordings can be heard on the New Focus label. She believes passionately in music’s ability to forge human connections which she explores in both her scholarly and performance work. Her scholarly interests range from the history of music theory and 16th-century polyphony to performance practice and music cognition.