Kyle Barrett Price, Artistic Director and Founder of the Caroga Lake Music Festival and Caroga Arts Collective, was named Grand Prize Winner of the 2015 Yamaha Young Performing Artists Competition and 2017 Coltman Chamber Music Competition with the KASA Quartet, and Finalist in the 2015 G. Gershwin International Music Competition. Kyle completed his Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Bachelor of Music at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Cellist and co-founder of the KASA Quartet, Kyle also serves as Principal Cellist of La Crosse Symphony (WI). An active performer and composer, his works have been commissioned by Chamber Music Connection and premiered by the award-winning Calidore String Quartet.