Deborah Price
Viola

Deborah Price, violist, is on the faculties of Denison University and the Cleveland Institute of Music. She is the founder and Artistic Director of the Chamber Music Connection, Inc. and served as the principal viola of the Columbus Bach Ensemble.

Throughout her youth, in addition to studying the violin and later the viola, Debbie received extensive dance training particularly in the field of ballet. She also received training in choreography. She spent many summers watching New York City Ballet performances and hearing Philadelphia Orchestra concerts live in Saratoga, N.Y. -- both organizations have made the Saratoga Performing Arts Center their summer home for decades. One of her favorite memories is seeing, as an invited guest, from the back stage Suzanne Farrell and Peter Martins dancing famous pas-de-deux works while the Philadelphia Orchestra accompanied. It is through her extensive dance training and love for the art form that she attributes much of her understanding of how movement pertains to the music for performance as well as for tone production.

Debbie is an advocate for chamber music education and is a frequent guest artist for chamber music clinics and orchestra festivals. She is co-conductor of the Cleveland Institute of Music Youth Camerata Strings and, for ten years, conducted the Women-In-Music String Sinfonia. She serves on the board of Chamber Music Columbus as co-chair of Outreach & Education and founded the Ohio OSTA Biennial Chamber Music Competition. Articles in regard to her teaching have been published in national journals including American String Teacher, where she served on the Editorial Committee for ten years, American Music Teacher, and Keyboard Companion Magazine. Debbie is also a contributing committee member (viola) for the 2003 ASTA String Syllabus.

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