Calvin has been studying cello since he was 11 and piano since he was five. He is a prize winner in the 2021 MMTA judged festival for Piano. He started cello as part of the CPS instrumental program in fifth grade. Beginning in spring of 2023, he launched a pilot, tutoring program at the Haggerty school for fifth grade instrumentalists. He is also a member of BYS in Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra. In the summer of 2023 and 2024, he attended Greenwood music camp. He also is co-principal cellist of Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra’s BYS, principal of the Tufts Youth Philharmonic, and an active member of River’s Chamber Music Lab.
Watch Calvin Sumner Patti perform Dvorak Cello Concerto by Dvorak on the cello for the 2025 Winter Music Competition as part of the Charleston International Music Competition.