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Award winning instrumentalist with 18 years experience in top level recording studios; playing in string ensembles, as a soloist, fiddler, string arranger and singer.
Kristin is an eighteen-year veteran of world-wide performing, recording and writing as a violinist, fiddler and singer, having played with major country and pop artists as well as bluegrass bands and indie rock. Winner of the Americana Music Association Instrumentalist of the Year for 2021, she’s made a name for herself as a session violinist playing on recordings for Dolly Parton, Little Big Town and fiddling with Kacey Musgraves and Margo Price. She’s sought after for her string arrangements, either leading a group of Nashville’s finest string players or writing and recording it herself in her home studio. She moved to Nashville in 2008 after graduating with a degree in music from Berklee College of Music. 

Appearances: Dolly Parton, Eminem, Lorde, The Beach Boys, Chris Stapleton, Carrie Underwood, Greta Van Fleet, Little Big Town, Kacey Musgraves (Seth Meyers - Xmas Tour), Lee Ann Womack, Cage The Elephant, Evanescence, Midland, Trampled By Turtles, Eric Church, The Lone Bellow, Langhorne Slim, Ron Pope, Augustana, Michael Bublè, Dave Rawlings Machine, Jody Stevens/Big Star, The Greencards, Margo Price, Lauryn Hill, among others.

Groups

Fox Den Strings
“Studio string ensemble for hire”
Caloroso Quartet
“Nashville’s Premier String Quartet”
Lockland Strings
"Community Arts Ensemble"
My So-Called Band
"The Ultimate 90's Experience"
Ghost Hounds
"Rock n blues band"

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