String Quartet Intensive Program Directors

Kyle Price, cellist and member of the Cavani String Quartet, is nationally recognized for his multifaceted musical career, innovative leadership style, and his advocacy for collaborative programing in the arts and humanities. His profound love of chamber music began as part of a family of dynamic musicians at the Chamber Music Connection, (Columbus) where he had the opportunity to work with some of the most respected and acclaimed  musicians of our time, including members of the Cleveland, Cavani, Emerson, Guarneri, St. Lawrence, and Brentano String Quartets. He has performed at internationally renowned music festivals such as the Perlman Music Program and Banff School of the Arts and has been featured as a guest artist on NPR’s From the Top! Kyle’s appearances include venues around the U.S. and abroad, most recently performing Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Cellos with the Lacrosse Symphony Orchestra and the Wisconsin Philharmonic. Honors and prizes have included the 2018 Schubert Club Competition, Grand Prize winner of the 2015 Yamaha Young Performing Artists Competition. and Honorable Mention in the 2017 Gershwin International Music Competition. Kyle is a founding member of the KASA Quartet, Grand Prize winners of the 2017 Coltman Chamber Music Competition.  In addition to his cello studies,  Kyle has been composing from the age of 10 and has distinguished himself with an original voice, receiving commissions from the Johnstone Fund for New Music and Chamber Music Connection and performances by the Calidore Quartet, Chamber Music Connection Orchestra, Carpe Diem String Quartet, KASA Quartet, UW-Madison Orchestra, National Summer Cello Institute, and Caroga Arts Ensemble.Kyle’s energized and passionate chamber music experience was a catalyst for his vision to form an artist -led creative community and resulted in his creating the Caroga Lake Music Festival in 2012 and Caroga Arts Collective in 2016. In his role as Artistic and Executive Director, Kyle has grown the organization from a “homemade” music festival of eight musicians in his grandmother’s house to an organization that hosts five programs over the course of the calendar year that features 150+ artists, attracting 8,000+ individuals to the small Adirondack town of Caroga Lake, NY (population 518) annually and widely regarded to be the pride and joy of the community, a model for artist-led festivals around the country.Kyle completed his Masters and Doctorate of Music Degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as full Fellowship Teaching Assistant under renowned pedagogue cellist and Feldenkrais practitioner Uri Vardi. Kyle received his Bachelors of Music from the Cleveland Institute of Music under the tutelage of cellist and former Cavani Quartet member Merry Peckham. When he isn’t practicing or writing grants, Kyle is an avid basketball player and enjoys celebrating teamwork in every form, be it in sports or in music.