Cellist and founded the Concentus String Quartet in 2006 with fellow member and longtime friend Matthew Lane. Mr. Carlisle started playing cello at age 9. He was a member of the Louisville Youth Orchestra for 7 years, and member of the top Symphony orchestra for 5 of those years. Mr. Carlisle studied with Paul York, and participated at the Kentucky Governor’s School for the Arts. In addition, he was selected to participate in the Kentucky All State Orchestra in all 4 years of eligibility.

Mr. Carlisle received his Bachelor of Science in Business from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business with a Minor in Music. After returning from school, Mr. Carlisle and Mr. Lane founded the Concentus String Quartet in 2006. Since then, the quartet has been featured 3 times on WUOL 90.5 FM Lunchtime Classics. Mr. Carlisle currently is employed as Vice President for the Murphy Elevator Company. He is a freelance cellist who has played with a broad variety of groups including The Eagles, Hanson, Disturbed, The Orchestra (with members of the Electric Light Orchestra), Trampled by Turtles, 2Cellos and many acts with Abbey Road on the River. He is a longtime supporter of community theater and has accompanied many many local community theater productions.

Elise started her musical training on the violin when she was three years old and began training on the piano at the age of seven. She participated as a member of the Louisville Youth Orchestra for five years, where she served as concert mistress of the Repertory Orchestra and assistant concert mistress of the Symphony Orchestra. Mrs. Gambrell won the McDowell Music Teacher’s Competition in 2001, and the McCauley Chamber Music Competition in 1999. She has studied under the guidance of accomplished teachers including Peter McHugh, Patrick Rafferty, Cheri Kelley and Hiroko Driver.

Mrs. Gambrell received her Bachelor of Music degree in violin and her Masters of Arts in Teaching Music from the University of Louisville. She taught at the Boaz Performance Studio from 2002 – 2006, where she instructed students between the ages of five and sixteen. Mrs. Gambrell became a certified Suzuki teacher in 2001 and has taught privately for nine years.

Currently, Mrs. Gambrell serves as the director of the Serenade Orchestra through the Louisville Youth Orchestra.

Matthew Lane is a Luthier, violinist, teacher, performer, and owner of Lane & Edwards Violins. Mr. Lane founded the Concentus String Quartet with longtime friend and cellist Travis Carlisle in 2006. A Louisville native and graduate of Manual High School/Y.P. A.S., Mr. Lane earned a B.A. from Centre College where he twice won the Concerto Competition and participated in a diverse spectrum of musical groups; from Chamber Ensembles and Orchestras to the Centre Klezmer Band.

As a student, he benefited from the loving and patient instruction of many wonderful musicians and is an enthusiastic alumnus of the LYO repertory and symphony orchestras. Along with his wife, Elizabeth, Mr. Lane lives in the Highlands with his three children, a large dog, and a small cat.

Violist Michael Hill holds degrees in Viola Performance (BM, MM) and Viola Pedagogy (MM) from the College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati, Ohio and the University of Louisville. He has performed as an orchestral and chamber musician at the Aspen Musical Festival and School and as principal violist with the Opera and Music Festival of Lucca, Italy. As a Baroque violist, Michael regularly performs with Bourbon Baroque and has been invited to perform in programs with Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and the Berwick Academy at the Oregon Bach Festival. He is currently a member of the viola section of the Paducah Symphony Orchestra and principal violist for the Lexington Chamber Orchestra and frequently joins other orchestra and chamber music performances throughout the region including Lexington, Louisville, and Chattanooga (TN) Symphonies. Michael enjoys a diverse career and has performed for Broadway Across America, local musical productions, the Louisville Ballet, Stevie Wonder, Hanson, Two Cellos, The Eagles, and more.

Michael is also a dedicated educator and has completed long-term teacher training for Suzuki violin and additional studies in viola. Karen Tuttle’s Coordination and methods for viola performance and teaching have also shaped his education and teaching methods through workshops and masterclasses. He has taught viola, chamber music, and viola literature at the University of Louisville, violin at Georgetown College and Western Kentucky University, and maintains a private violin and viola studio at the Louisville Academy of Music.