Clyde Beavers, Cello and Bass
Clyde Beavers is a graduate of The Juilliard School, receiving the Bachelor of
Music and Master of Music degrees under the tutelage of renowned cellist Harvey
Shapiro. He received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of
Kentucky studying with Dr. Suzanne McIntosh and Professor Benjamin Karp.
Clyde resides in Lexington, Kentucky where he is Adjunct Professor of
violoncello and double bass at Transylvania University and serves as Assistant
Principal cellist of the Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as cellist in
the LPO String Quartet and Ashland Trio. In 1997, with the encouragement and
assistance of several people, he founded the one week summer music camp Festival
of Strings and has been co-director until the present date.
He has recorded Marcel Dupré's Sonata in A minor, Op. 60 for cello and organ,
the Trio, Op. 55 for violin, cello and organ and the Quartet, Op. 52 for violin,
viola, cello and organ on the Naxos label.
Clyde Beavers performs on a cello made in 2003 by the American maker, Timothy J.
Jansma. He frequently collaborates with pianist David Cooper in the Bluegrass
area. In addition to his work in music, he enjoys growing, showing and
hybridizing roses.
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