Mary Rowell

{{short description|American violinist}}

Mary Rowell is an American violinist based in New York City. In 1998 Rowell co-founded the string quartet ETHEL. She retired from the group in 2011 but continues to be very active in the downtown New York music community, where she is known as an electric violin soloist. She is a frequent participant in the Tribeca New Music Festival.{{cite web|url=https://www.wqxr.org/|title=WQXR - New York's Classical Music Radio Station|website=WQXR|accessdate=8 January 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tnmf.net/styled/index.html |title=YCC Cover Sheet |accessdate=2012-04-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209123411/http://tnmf.net/styled/index.html |archivedate=2013-12-09 }}

Prior to ETHEL, Rowell was a member of the indie band The Silos and the Grammy Award-winning Tango Project.{{cite web|url=http://thesilos.net/music.php|title=THE SILOS|website=thesilos.net|accessdate=8 January 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/31/nyregion/music-a-new-sound-for-fiesta-time-en-cabo-de-mayo.html|title=MUSIC; A New Sound for Fiesta Time en Cabo De Mayo|first=Leslie|last=Kandell|newspaper=The New York Times |date=31 May 1998|publisher=|accessdate=8 January 2019}} Rowell's best known solo work is her performance of Maxwell’s Demon by Richard Einhorn .{{cite web|url=http://www.richardeinhorn.com/RedAng/RedAngels.html |title=Richard Einhorn Composer |accessdate=2012-04-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111121010440/http://www.richardeinhorn.com/RedAng/RedAngels.html |archivedate=2011-11-21 }}

She is a graduate of the Juilliard School.