Kyle Dawkins began playing the guitar around age 11. Initially a steel string acoustic guitarist, Kyle decided to 
study the classical guitar after meeting the head of guitar studies, John Sutherland, at the University of Georgia, 
where he eventually received his degree in guitar performance. Kyle has been a prizewinner in several competitions 
sponsored by the Georgia Music Teacher's Association, the Music Teacher's National Association and the 
Georgia Music Hall of Fame.

In addition to performing with the Quartet, Kyle also records as a solo artist and composer. He has released two albums
of his original compositions on Solponticello Records: "Conasauga" (2002) and an album of electronic music entitled
"Walls became the world" (2005). His critically acclaimed debut album "Conasauga", an album of Appalachian-inspired compositions
for both guitar and banjo, has been featured on both National Public Radio and college radio. "Conasauga" was also selected
as one of the top releases of 2003 by the Athens Banner Herald and Flagpole Magazine.

An active collaborator, Kyle has contributed widely to projects featuring a broad range of prominent Georgia
musicians including Luaka Bop recording artist Jim White, Don Chambers (Don Chambers+Goat), Pete Erchick
 (Pipes You See Pipes You Don't), Kai Riedl (Our New Silence), composer/improvisor Killick, and Brann Dailor (Mastodon). 

Kyle recently recorded a follow up to 2005's "Walls became the world" with his band Maps and Transit. 
Maps and Transits' debut album "Songs for Divining" was released in 2010 on the Montreal label Camomille Music. He has also 
been invited to record for Les enrigstrements variables, a Montreal-based label specializing in limited edition releases dwelling in
ambient, folk, post-modern, and experimental music.

Kyle was recently featured on an Eric Satie tribute album released in 2011 entitled "Eric Satie: Les nouveaux jeunes (the new young)"
on the French label Arbouse Records, curated in conjunction with the Erik Satie Foundation and Archives in Paris.
Kyle lives and works in Athens, Georgia and is a guitar instructor at Gainesville State College and Piedmont College.

LINKS:
Maps and Transit
Revien
Conasauga
Walls Became The World
Camomille Music
Last FM
"Erik Satie: les nouveaux jeunes"