​Karen Laura Peters (she/her) is a PNW based Singer-Songwriter and Cellist. Her music is genuine, honest and sensual. With her collaborative nature and gift for sharing her heart, Karen's performances are entrancing and captivating. She is a storyteller and experience creator who invites audiences into connection and feeling.

 

While training to be a professional cellist at Oberlin College & Conservatory, Karen fell in love with contemporary music and folk music. She began writing her own songs and joined a singing strings band called Her Treehouse. Her and her bandmates were featured in NPR’s All Songs Considered blog in “Our Favorite Desks in the Wild From the 2019 Tiny Desk Contest.” While performing in WA and CA with Her Treehouse, Karen began writing, co-producing, and recording her debut EP, "Of the Embers," which she released in 2022. Karen has since released her heartfelt single "Duet" about the experience of being a sibling and collaborated with Tara Chugh and Michael Lauckner Thomas for the single "Didn't Know What I Was Missing" about the joy of togetherness.

 

Inspired by artists like Billie Marten, Olivia Dean, and Bess Atwell, Karen is currently writing and recording her sophomore EP coming in 2025. Karen performs, records, and collaborates often with other musicians, including the Queen of Hearts, and is the Co-Founder of the WA based music organization, Momentum.