Local Artist Feature April 10th, 2026

You may have heard him in his role as executive and artistic director of Viridian Strings. Or perhaps you caught him in a performance with the Santa Rosa Symphony or the Bay Philharmonic. Wherever you've listened, you discovered Kyle Stachnik's lush and warm cello playing and adept musicality- skills that he now brings to the students at Sac State's School of Music in his new role as cello professor. In this feature we enjoy several performances recorded live in San Francisco, and hear about his journey to arriving in Sacramento.