Krysten Keches

Krysten Keches joined the faculty of Boston Conservatory at Berklee in 2024 and is an assistant professor of harp.

A Massachusetts native, Keches has been called an “excellent young soloist” by the Boston Globe. She has appeared as a solo, chamber, and orchestral musician at venues throughout the United States and overseas, including Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Royal Albert Hall, the Berlin Philharmonie, Teatro alla Scala, the Gewandhaus, and Boston’s Symphony Hall.

An avid orchestral musician, Keches performs regularly as a guest harpist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops. She is the principal harpist of Boston Festival Orchestra and the chamber orchestra Phoenix. She has also performed with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Boston Ballet Orchestra, Odyssey Opera, Handel & Haydn Society, Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, the New World Symphony, and Yo-Yo Ma’s Silkroad Ensemble.

Keches’s recent solo performances include Debussy’s Danses sacrée et profane with Boston Festival Orchestra and Ginastera’s Harp Concerto with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project and the Berkshire Symphony. She has also appeared as a soloist with the New England String Ensemble, Mistral Chamber Players, the Australian National University Orchestra, and the Wellesley Symphony.

Passionate about mentoring young musicians, Keches is the harp coach for the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras and maintains a private studio at her home in Wellesley, Massachusetts. She has also served on the Board of Directors of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra Foundation.

Keches holds a Bachelor of Arts cum laude from Harvard College, a Graduate Diploma with high distinction from the Australian National University School of Music funded by a 2010 U.S. Fulbright Scholarship, and a Master of Music from New England Conservatory. She studied with Elizabeth Morse, Alice Giles, and Jessica Zhou.