BIOGRAPHY

Cara Cline Price is both a flutist and pianist based in Hagerstown, Maryland.  She is available for weddings and special events throughout the four-state region (*A complete listing of Cara's availability is featured in the Frequently Asked Questions page.).

Cara received her Bachelor's Degree in Music Education from Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, Virginia, where she studied flute with the Maryland Symphony Orchestra's former principal flutist, Frances Lapp-Averitt.  She has also received flute instruction from Sarah Cougart Malton, Jennifer Marlowe and Charlene Romano.  Her keyboard instructors have included Aileen Wagner, Elizabeth Caluda, Cenira Schreiber, Elizabeth Temple and Stephen Cooksey (organ).  

While at Shenandoah University Cara earned a Certificate in Performance in flute and completed the Dual Licensure program within the Music Education Department.  She gave recitals and served as director and performer for many extra-curricular recitals, including two American Cancer Society benefit recitals and annual Sigma Alpha Iota and Kappa Kappa Psi recitals.

Cara was also a competitor in the Conservatory's Annual Student Soloist Concerto Competition Final Round for two years.  She was a member of numerous Shenandoah University ensembles, including the Symphony Orchestra and the Wind Ensemble, the latter of which she performed with at Carnegie Hall.

Cara has performed as primary musician or accompanist for many special events, including for the Blue Ridge Community College Commencement Exercises (in Weyers Cave, Virginia), Clear Spring High School Baccalaureate and Commencement Exercises (Clear Spring, Maryland), as, accompanist for Washington County (Maryland) All-County Senior High School Chorus, as accompanist for many Barbara Ingram School for the Arts and Shenandoah Conservatory events, and in numerous weddings. 

From 2008-January 2011 she served as Assistant Music Director for Shenandoah Farms Baptist Church in Front Royal, Virginia.   She is currently Organist/Director of Music for St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Funkstown, Maryland. 

Cara teaches flute lessons and piano classes at a public arts magnet high school, Barbara Ingram School for the Arts, in Hagerstown, Maryland.   Additionally, Cara maintains a flute and piano studio in her home and enjoys teaching extracurricular and summer music classes for children.

Ever since the start of her wedding experiences playing with her mother in Bridgewater, Virginia, Cara has committed herself to making wedding and event music as special as possible for her clients. No matter the event, Cara prides herself upon professional and concise planning; this will undoubtedly ease the stress for any event you are planning!

For more information or to reserve your special event date with Cara, email all inquiries to cline.cara@gmail.com.

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