Tracie Price grew up in Sandy, Utah, and earned her Bachelor of Music degree with emphasis in music education from the University of Utah, studying with Utah Symphony Principal Cellist Ryan Selberg. She was the orchestra director for Washington County School District in St. George, Utah for five years, and for Kalispell School District No. 5 in Montana for two. Tracie served as principal cellist for both the Southwest Symphony in St. George, and the Glacier Orchestra in Kalispell during her tenures in those communities. After teaching for seven years, she returned to school to obtain her Master of Music degree in cello performance from the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music studying with Richard Slavich. She was principal cellist of the Lamont Symphony, studied chamber music with Da Vinci Quartet members Jerilyn Jorgensen and Margaret Miller, and performed on masterclasses by the Vermeer, Prazak, and Brentano quartets. Tracie lived in Denver for five years engaging in a variety of musical endeavors from teaching, performing in the Colorado MahlerFest Orchestra, and freelancing, to working in the University’s music library. She co-founded and served as the the Artistic Director of the Colorado Britten Society which produced a number of high profile concerts featuring the music of Benjamin Britten.
Tracie returned to St. George in summer of 2003 and taught orchestra and piano at Tuacahn High School for the Performing Arts for two years. She has a private cello studio, and is the principal cellist of the Southwest Symphony. She has taught at Dixie State College and Southern Utah Univeristy as an adjunct cello instructor and strings teacher. Tracie is also the founder and director of the Black Glove Cello Festival, held in St. George each summer. She plays cello and keyboards for Tuacahn's Broadway in the Desert productions and also serves as a rehearsal pianist.
In recent seasons, Tracie has soloed with the Southwest Symphony on two occasions, the first performing the Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor, and in 2008 performing the Beethoven Triple Concerto with violinist Bonnie Romkey and pianist Nancy Allred. She is an active and avid chamber musician and has performed chamber recitals throughout Southern Utah.
