Dr. Patricia Ann Myers is a Professor of Music at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, where, since 1977, she has taught music history, theory, and ethnomusicology courses, as well as interdisciplinary topics like The Ballets Russe, Modernism in the Arts, Renaissance Music and Architecture, African Music and Art, and Eighteenth-Century Opera in Vienna and Peking. Myers is a recognized scholar of early music, especially of the development of the Italian madrigal. The twenty-volume edition Luca Marenzio: The Secular Works is considered a model for combining critical editorial practice with the practical needs of performers. Her lifelong interest in text-music relationships can be seen in the many courses she has offered in opera, and her fascination with other musical cultures has led to courses in Russian, African, and Asian musics.

Prior to coming to the Colleges, Myers held faculty positions in musicology at New York University and at The Eastman School of the University of Rochester. Myers received her baccalaureate degree in music history from Oberlin College, her M.A. in musicology from the University of Oregon, and her Ph.D. in musicology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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