Colin Shipman had just started playing the viol in 1992 when he saw the film Tous Les Matins du Monde. Sitting in the dark theater after the credits had ended and listening to the last couplet of the soundtrack began his love affair with this instrument. He earned a Masters Degree from Indiana University in Viola da Gamba performance in 2000, and spent several decades performing with his wife Violet Grgich (harpsichord) in the ensemble Les Violettes. Colin also repairs basses, cellos, and viols at Ifshin Violins in El Cerrito, California.