Kristin Lems is a versatile composer, songwriter, folksinger and performing artist from Evanston, Illinois, USA. Born to an acclaimed concert pianist mother and musical Dutch immigrant father, Kristin studied music from an early age. Her early talent in writing and academics won her many awards, including a first place from Scholastic Magazines, a National Merit Scholarship, and a Hopwood Award in poetry from University of Michigan. As a teenager, Kristin picked up the guitar, like many others, and wholeheartedly joined the movement for a better world. With guitar in arms, Kristin brought her upbeat musical stage presence to nationwide events for the ERA and women’s rights, safe energy, peace, racial equality, and other pressing causes.
Kristin Lems is the founder of the National Women’s Music Festival