BIO

Kailey Zercher began her violin studies in a Suzuki method program at the age of nine, which taught her the importance of training your ear from the very beginning. She honed in her classical skills through youth orchestras and quartets, playing master classes with Rachel Podger, Dr. Stephen Redfield, and Carmelo de Los Santos, as well as performing with Grammy nominee Guillermo Figueroa. She even went on a three-week tour in Brazil with a Swiss youth orchestra, Crescendo. She was the concertmaster and winner of a concerto competition in the Santa Fe Youth Symphony Orchestra.

From then on, Kailey has pursued the unconventional in violin genres. After beginning her undergraduate studies at Berklee College of Music as a performance major, she became proficient in free improvisation, jam band, jazz, rock, funk, blues, pop, Middle Eastern, and Latin genres, on top of her orchestral and quartet ensemble experience. She has studied with such professors and performers as Jason Anick, Mimi Rabson, Darol Anger, and Rob Thomas. Kailey has performed multiple concerts in Boston Symphony Hall with the Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra and has performed with multiple artists at the Berklee Performance Center and Kresge Auditorium, including Aloe Blacc, Bilal, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Chris Turner, and Jacob Collier. She graduated Berklee College of Music with a Bachelor's degree in performance in 2017.​

Since then, Kailey has taught private violin, viola, and beginner piano, bass, guitar, and band lessons. Currently, she is a session musician, and band leader and performs in various original acts as well as wedding ceremonies.​Kailey is the co-founder of the New England-based alternative rock/jam band, The Womps, with whom she writes and goes on tour. She is also a part of Darby Sabin & Friends and is currently working on her solo project, K. Through these projects, she is also a singer and electric bass player.