Arielle Fentress hails from both Seattle, WA and Orlando, FL. She began her musical journey at the age of 7 and continued her studies with Professor Jeffrey Irvine at the Cleveland Institute of Music. At CIM, she is the violist in the student-formed Kyklos Quartet. With the support of their chamber coaches Si-Yan Darren Li, Philip Setzer, and Todd Phillips, Kyklos Quartet has performed at the Fischoff National Chamber Competition and been a prizewinner at WDAV’s Young Chamber Musicians Competition and the Glass City Chamber Competition. Previously, Arielle attended Boston University Tanglewood Institute and Bowdoin International Music Festival. In her spare time, Arielle loves to read and write in nature.