Sought after cellist Alexa Muhly has performed extensively in the United States, Canada, England, France, Germany, and Hungary as a soloist, orchestral, and chamber musician. Muhly received early recognition as a first-prize winner in the Iowa Center for the Arts competition as well as prize winner in the Jugend Musiziert national competition in Germany. Muhly was a principal cellist at Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, and also appeared with the Grand Rapids Symphony and the Pine Mountain Music Festival. Muhly holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music and a Master of Music degree from the Yale School of Music.