Kyle Dillingham

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Kyle Dillingham is a violinist from Enid, Oklahoma who has performed in over 40 countries. [1]

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Early life

Kyle Dillingham is the son of artist Diane Dillingham of Enid, Oklahoma. [2] In childhood he lived on a farm in Waukomis, Oklahoma. [3] Dillingham graduated Enid High School in 1997 and was awarded the Pride of the Plainsmen award in 2014. [4] He earned a Bachelor's degree in instrumental performance from OCU in 2002. [5]

Music

Dillingham started playing violin at age 9. [1] He played with Roy Clark in Enid in 1995, [6] and first appeared on the Grand Ole Opry at age 17 in 1996. [1] [7] [8] In 2019 he played violin at the Grand Ole Opry while riding on a skateboard. [5] [9] Teaming up with guitarist Peter Markes, Dillingham played concerts in Malaysia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Korea, Singapore, Thailand, and Indonesia in the late 1990s and early 2000s. [10] Markes and Dillingham met at the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute while still in high school, [11] and studied together at Oklahoma City University. [10] In 2009 Dillingham represented the University of Central Oklahoma on a trip to Korea, [12] and was named "Oklahoma's Musical Ambassador" by Governor Brad Henry. [3] In 2014 Dillingham toured Liberia as an envoy for the state department. [13] He appears as a jazz violinist in Scorsese's film Killers of the Flower Moon. [5] Dillingham has also toured, backing Michael Martin Murphey. [5] [14] Edmond, Oklahoma named the Kyle Dillingham Community Arts Stage after him in 2022. [15]

Horseshoe Road

Kyle Dillingham formed the band Horseshoe Road in April 2005 with Dustin Jones and Brad Benge and recorded their first album Home Fires. [16] The trio toured in Japan and Thailand and were filmed for an OETA documentary. [16] The current lineup includes Peter Markes and Brent Saulsbury. [17] [18] In 2015 they toured Taiwan, Burma, Russia and South Korea for the U.S. State Department's American Music Abroad program. [18] In 2017 Horseshoe Road toured in China, and they were the first American country band to play Dunhuang. [17] In 2018 and 2019 the band toured Kosovo and Kuwait for the U.S. State Department's American Music Abroad program. [15]

Albums

Solo

Horseshoe Road

Collaborations

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