Maureen Hynes is Adjunct Professor of Cello and Director of String Studies at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University.  She is also the conductor and creator of the C.W. Post String Ensemble, co-founder and co-Director of the C.W. Post Chamber Music Festival, and Director of the Merriweather Consort which specializes in Renaissance music.   

Ms. Hynes has an active career as soloist, chamber musician, orchestral player and teacher in the New York musical world. She performs regularly with the American Ballet Theater, the American Symphony Orchestra, the Opera Orchestra of New York, American Composers Orchestra, the Bard Festival Orchestra, New York Virtuosi, the Westchester Philharmonic and the Queens Symphony. She has also appeared with the Royal Ballet, the San Francisco Ballet, at the Spoleto and Aspen Festivals and at the Lake George Opera Festival. Her work in New York has also included substitute work in many Broadway shows and for the Radio City Christmas Show.

A winner of the Concert Artist Guild Award with the Janus Ensemble, she is currently a member of the Pierrot Consort and the Solstice Ensemble. She has performed in Europe, Canada, Korea and Hong Kong both as cellist and gambist.  She was also the creator and director of the C.W. Post Pre-College Music Program. She is often invited to conduct the Nassau All-County Festival at Tilles Center and has also conducted for SCMEA. She is a graduate of Manhattan School of Music, where she received her B.M. and M.M. degrees. Ms. Hynes has given Cello Master Classes in Seoul, Korea and on Long Island and she has coached at the Mannes Pre-College Division. She has recorded for the Albany label.