Kayla Patrick

Kayla Patrick is a violist, teacher, and active chamber music collaborator in Madison, WI. She earned her Doctorate of Musical Arts degree at The University of Wisconsin-Madison under the guidance of Sally Chisholm and was a member of the Marvin Rabin String Quartet at the Mead Witter School of Music throughout her time there. Additionally, she engages in regular outreach throughout the Midwest, and finds great joy in teaching and performing in a variety of genres. Kayla has been teaching both violin and viola throughout her career, and is always delighted to see her students show their love for their instrument and passion for music. She was a recent finalist in the 2023 University of Wisconsin-Madison Symphony Concerto Competition as well as in the 2021 Mead Witter Viola Competition. 

Kayla received her Bachelor of the Arts degree in Viola Performance under the instruction of Olga Tuzhilkov at Cardinal Stritch University and her subsequent master’s degree and performance diploma in viola performance in the studio of Igor Fedotov at The Chicago College of Performing Arts. She has a distinct passion for chamber music and enjoys the close collaboration and artistic freedom that comes with performing chamber repertoire. Kayla’s favorite dessert is ice cream, a food to which she is mildly allergic (but she eats it anyway).