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Bio

Kalyn Harewood is a Barbadian American composer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and music producer, born in Laredo, TX in 1998 and currently residing in the Chicago area. Kalyn’s professors have described her compositions and performances as highly intuitive and displaying of a complex approach to melody, harmony, and arrangement allowing for a wide range of expression that forms beautifully compelling arcs within her musical storytelling. Furthermore, her production of these works illustrates a great sensitivity in sound design and balance of timbre and texture in support of the stories that she tells. Kalyn obtained her undergraduate degree in Vocal Music performance in 2021 from the University of Wisconsin Parkside. During her time there, she was commissioned to write two pieces for Jazz ensembles, to be performed at the UWP Martin Luther King Jr. concert. It was through the process of writing and performing these commissioned pieces, as well as various others throughout her schooling, that she found her passion, not only for composing music, but also for creating art that has the potential to bring about social change. She went on to continue her studies at the Vermont College of Fine Arts and recently graduated with a Masters degree in Music composition. Kalyn currently works out of her home studio teaching Voice and Songwriting lessons. Three of her newly composed works are set to be featured in If I Give My Sorrows, a Flyaway Dance company production. Kalyn is also working on the upcoming release (September 2023) of her self-produced thesis/debut Album, Blooming.