Kristen Klehr

Kristen Klehr (she/her) is a drummer/percussionist and singer new to the Bay Area. Prior to moving to San Francisco, she toured internationally with Scrap Arts Music from 2017-2020 and was based in Los Angeles when not on the road. She’s performed on stages as big as Coachella and as small as Hotel Café, with the Hawai’i Symphony Orchestra and Juneau Symphony Brass, from orchestral to pit musicals to singer+songwriter and pop - in short, she loves it all. Kristen received her first GRAMMY® Nomination on marimba with The String Theory in 2020, and was honored to be a featured artist at the Mallet + Voice Fest 2023. Learn more & connect with her @kristenklehr.

A bit more…

Kristen is a graduate of Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music earning a bachelor’s degree in Percussion Performance, holds a master’s degree in Arts Administration from Florida State University, and a continuing education certificate in The Business of Art from the Los Angeles Center for Cultural Innovation. She has studied percussion primarily with Joel Smales, Josh Ryan, and Valerie Naranjo as well as Randy Messing and Joanne Uniatowski in voice.  A serial entrepreneur within the music industry, she owns Produced by BEAR, is the founder of The Den Collective and Pawprint, and is currently the Professional Development and Engagement Center Director at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

Kristen is proudly endorsed by Marimba One, Dream Cymbals and Gongs, Vater Drumsticks, Black Swamp Percussion, and Earasers. She is represented for screen, commercial, and print by Instrumental Casting.