About me
Kari Francis (b. 1988) is an American choral musician whose composing and teaching explores the resonant spaces between improvisation and ritual. She engages with contemporary and underrepresented voices to inform an equitable, creative, and singer-centered choral pedagogy in her directorships at Bowdoin College and The Walden School Young Musicians Program. Her secular and sacred compositions are infused with elements of vocal jazz, renaissance polyphony, and contemporary a cappella. Kari can be heard beatboxing on Season 3 of NBC’s The Sing-Off with Kinfolk 9 and on GRAMMY-winner Cory Smythe’s album Accelerate Every Voice, and has written chapters for books published by GIA Music and the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS).
