A native of Seattle, Washington, Caitlin Kelley has won several regional competitions, including the Simon-Fiset Violin Competition, American String Teachers Association State Competition, and the Seattle Young Artists Music Festival Competition. She has also been a finalist in the Hennings-Fischer Young Artists Competition, Parness Young Artists Competition and Schlern International Music Festival Competition, and will be appearing as a finalist this May in the Carmel Music Society Instrumental Competition. As a recipient of the Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award in 2006, Caitlin appeared as a featured performer on NPR's From the Top.

Caitlin has performed as soloist with several orchestras, including the Auburn and Olympia Symphony Orchestras, Philharmonia Northwest, and the Seattle Youth Symphony. Highlights of this season include performing the Ligeti Violin Concerto with the YMF Debut Orchestra and solo appearances with the Colburn Chamber Music Society and Long Beach Chorale & Chamber Symphony.

An active chamber musician, Caitlin has appeared in concert with the Colburn Chamber Music Society and has collaborated with renowned artists including Menahem Pressler and Paul Coletti. She holds the position of concertmaster in both the Colburn Orchestra and the YMF Debut Orchestra.

Caitlin recently graduated with a Bachelor of Music from the Colburn School Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles, where she is continuing her studies with Robert Lipsett as a candidate for the Professional Studies Certificate.

Caitlin plays on a Raphael & Antonio Gagliano violin on generous loan from the Mandell Collection of Southern California.