Kirsten Lamb is an award-winning double bassist, vocalist, and educator praised by the
Boston Globe for her “versatility and assurance”.
As a soloist, Kirsten performs original works for double bass and voice. She has debuted material at the Massachusetts State House and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, and The Stone in New York City. Many prominent musicians have taken note of Lamb’s unique music, including Elvis Costello who hailed her song “Mirror Child” as “wonderful, extraordinary, [and] beautiful.”
Also a sought-after collaborator, Kirsten has performed with a wide variety of musicians including John Zorn, The Ballroom Thieves, Theodore Bikel, The Klezmer Conservatory Band, and Gil Scott-Heron’s Midnight Band. She is an active member of Ezekiel’s Wheels Klezmer Band and Klezperanto, and a former member of Cold Chocolate and the Kristen Ford Band. With ensembles, she has performed at venues such as the Kennedy Center, National Sawdust, the Rochester International Jazz Festival and the National Women’s Music Festival. She has won awards alongside several ensembles at the International Jewish Music Festival, the Boston Jewish Music Festival, and the M Prize Competition.
An avid educator, Kirsten maintains a private studio in Greater Boston and performs educational programs through Arts for Learning Massachusetts. She has taught weekly residencies at Horizons for Homeless Children and the Brookline Early Education Program, and has served on faculty at summer festivals including KlezKanada and New England Conservatory’s JazzLab. Kirsten is also a frequent guest teaching artist and workshop leader at universities and grade schools.
Kirsten holds a Master of Music in Contemporary Improvisation from New England Conservatory, where she was awarded the Gunther Schuller Medal upon graduation for “extraordinary contributions” to the school. She earned a Bachelor of Music in Double Bass Performance and Ethnomusicology from Oberlin Conservatory.
