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K2K Strings is short for Kid to Kid Strings. Started during the pandemic, it was an organization that brought together student instructors with students who need instructors. We could not imagine our lives without music in it and we wanted to help other kids improve their skills and increase their enjoyment of playing music. We tried to fill in the instructional gaps the pandemic brought to school orchestra players.

During K2K Strings' peak activities, we had a team of a dozen Ambassadors that taught hundreds of hours of lessons for public school students who did not have private teachers.

the founders

Keshav

Keshav is a graduate of Northwestern University where he completed dual degrees in Violin Performance at the Bienen School of Music and Economics and Data Science at the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences.

While in high school he was Concertmaster of the LASA Honors Orchestra for 4 years. He was Concertmaster of the TMEA Region 18 High School Symphony Orchestra, Austin Youth Symphony Orchestra and is a two time member of the TMEA All-State Symphony Orchestra. Keshav was named as a 2020 Texas Young Master by the Texas Commission on the Arts and the Texas Cultural Trust. In the Summer of 2020 he was immersed in music at the Heifetz International Music Institute studying with Mr. Jan Sloman. The Young Master grant also enabled him to study with Dr. James Stern (UMD) and continue studying advanced repertoire with soloist Mr. William Hagen.

Keshav was named a 2021 National YoungArts Winner, 2022 National YoungArts Honorable Mention, as well as a member of the 2021 & 2022 National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA).

The summer of 2021 he spent making wonderful friends and fabulous music in Purchase, NY, culminating in this performance with the NYO-USA. The summer of 2022 Keshav, as part of NYO-USA, performed at Carnegie Hall followed by a 4-city tour in Europe including Amsterdam, Berlin, Ravello and Lucerne.

In 2024 Keshav was Concertmaster of the National Youth Orchestra of Canada and was named to CBC Music's Top 30 Under 30.

He was a Fellow at the Aspen Music Festival & School as well as a two-time member of the New York String Orchestra.

He was a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago from 2024-2026 where he was given the wonderful opportunity of subbing with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Keshav is looking forward to moving to Boston this fall where he will be a Resident Fellow with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

kavya

Kavya is graduate of Knowledge Integration from the University of Waterloo in Canada. She was Concertmaster of the University of Waterloo Orchestra and continues to study solo repertore with Ms, Jung Tsai.

While in high school in Austin she was a member of the Region 18 Full Orchestra every year since 6th grade. She played with the Austin Youth Symphony Orchestra and has twice been a member of the TPSMEA All-State Orchestra. She performed solo recitals in February 2020 and June 2022. Kavya has attended the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival, studying with Prof. Carolyn Huebl.

Kavya has had Suzuki Early Childhood Music Education - Every Child Can and Suzuki Books 1&2 Training.