Cecil Price Walden (b. 1991) writes music “of powerful emotional intensity and passion…that is almost impossibly gorgeous.” (Journal of Singing)

A life-long Southerner, Price draws on the rich musical, literary, and culinary legacies of the place to create work that is both familiar and new. Commissioned by the Southern Foodways Alliance in 2011, their cantata “Leaves of Greens” led Southern Living Magazine to name them a “Hero of the New South,” (March 2012). “Sacred Spaces,” commissioned by Bruce Levingston for the Bicentennial of Mississippi, received premieres at the opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and Carnegie Hall. Other notable performances include the premiere of “hydrogen jukebox” by the University of Mississippi Wind Ensemble at the 2010 CBDNA Southern Regional and a performance of “Leaves of Greens” at the Atlanta Food & Wine Festival by the Atlanta Opera. Their song cycle, “Abide with Me: 5 songs of love” has been heard around the country, and was recorded by Jos Milton for Albany Records. New and upcoming releases include Bruce Levingston's recording of "songs without words" on Sono Luminus and the release of "hours", a major multimedia song cycle on Albany Records, written for and performed with Alice-Anne Light.

Price studied music, gender studies, and Southern studies at the University of Mississippi and lives in Oxford, Mississippi, with their miniature schnauzer, Salome “Sally” von Bingen Walden.