Camden Shaw entered the Curtis Institute of Music in 2006 on full scholarship as a Frank S. Bayley Fellow, and studied with Peter Wiley, the renowned cellist of the Guarneri String Quartet. Camden is an avid chamber musician and has collaborated with artists such as Mark O'Connor, Ida and Ani Kavafian, and Yuja Wang. In 2008 Camden Shaw's solo and chamber music performances took him throughout the United States and England, where he studied with the distinguished English cellist Steven Isserlis at the International Musicians Seminar Prussia Cove in Cornwall. He was invited to return in 2009 to perform with Steven Isserlis as part of the seminar's chamber music series in September. Before attending Curtis, Camden Shaw won an unprecedented three consecutive festival medals, the highest awards given, from the Seattle Young Artists Music Festival. He was also selected as an emerging artist by the Seattle Chamber Music Society and presented a recital as part of its summer series. Camden graduated from Curtis with a Bachelor's Degreee in Music Performance in May 2010 and will recieve his Artist Diploma in May, 2011.
