Anne MacNeil holds a PhD in the History & Theory of Music from the University of Chicago and a Master’s Degree from the Eastman School of Music. She is a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome and the Authority of Record at the Library of Congress on the Renaissance commedia dell’arte actress Isabella Andreini. Prof. MacNeil is also a founding directory of IDEA: Isabella d’Este Archive, an international research consortium that studies the music and culture of Renaissance Italy through the lens of the marchesa of Mantua, Isabella d’Este (1474-1539).