Kelli Scarr

Kelli Scarr is an Emmy-nominated composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and singer. She was featured on Moby's album Wait for Me, and collaborated with him on National Public Radio's "Project Song", resulting in the track "Gone to Sleep".

Scarr was nominated for an Emmy Award for her work on the HBO documentary In a Dream.

Early life Born and raised in Northern California, Scarr grew up in a musical family and started singing with her grandmother before she could walk. She spent much of her youth singing in choirs and had performed at the Montreux, North Sea, and Monterey Jazz Festivals by the age of 16. She went on to study jazz performance on a scholarship at the Berklee College of Music.

Musical career While at Berklee, Scarr joined the band Moonraker. After the band's breakup in 2005, she was involved in writing the soundtrack for the HBO documentary In a Dream. She was subsequently nominated for an Emmy Award for the In a Dream score.

In 2016, Scarr performed vocals with J.Viewz in the interactive song "Almost Forgot".

After a period of deep artistic reflection and hibernation, she re-emerged to collaborate with producer Nate Martinez on the album that would become No Rush. No Rush was released on April 6, 2021, on Scarr's homegrown label, Vera Jean Music. The first single, "Eve of Spring", was featured on NPR's All Songs Considered.

She is currently completing work on her fourth album, which was recorded at Floki Studios in Iceland.

Scarr has completed artist residencies at UCROSS, Art OMI, The Mudhouse, and Brush Creek.