Scarlette Kerr is a native of Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley and received her Bachelor of Music (magna cum laude) in Performance with an emphasis in Accompanying from James Madison University and studied with Dr. Lori Piitz and Dr. Gabriel Dobner. In 2020, Scarlette graduated from Salem College with a Master of Music in Piano Performance and Pedagogy with an emphasis in Injury-Preventive Keyboard Technique and was a student of Dr. Barbara Lister-Sink on piano and Dr. Timothy Olsen on organ.

She has presented on topics such as professional development, injury-preventive technique, holistic piano pedagogy for the MTNA Collegiate Chapters Piano Pedagogy Symposium, the Virginia and North Carolina Music Teachers Associations, the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, and Piyano Günleri (Piano Days) in Turkey. Scarlette is based in Winston-Salem, NC where she teaches privately from her studio, Music at 906 LLC, and is an active teacher, performer, artistic collaborator, and curriculum contributor. She is also an early childhood music instructor for Half Pint Harmonies, a local children’s music program in the Piedmont Triad. Scarlette’s passion as a teacher is to help students reach their musical potential through healthy, well-coordinated technique and audiaton.