Kaye Kelly is a musician, higher ed specialist and visionary arts administrator. She thrives at the intersection of arts, community and social justice. Kaye is a senior professor at Berklee College of Music as well as a staunch community arts activist.

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Kaye is proud to be a strong advocate for social justice as well as women's rights. She is the sole songwriter for SheGrooves and her activism can be heard firsthand in her lyrics. She has a long track record of projects that make positive changes in communities in regards to equity and diversity for all. She is the founder and facilitator of the large-scale "Franklin Cultural Festival" and well as the founder of the regional "MetroWest Arts and Culture Symposium". The name and theme of the 2023/2024 SheGrooves tour that Kaye has curated is:  "Use Your Voice" (for positive change).

Kaye can be found running arts festivals, composing music for film and t.v. or for her award-winning band, SheGrooves.  She was named a 2023 Commonwealth Heroine by her local legislators for her leadership in Arts Advocacy at the state level. An entrepreneur at heart and a mom of four, she is equally at home running an arts organization or a lemonade stand.

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Follow Kaye on Instagram and Facebook to learn more about her role as a creative cultivator.

Andrea “Ani” Johnson, Professor of Music Business at Berklee College of Music, is an international lecturer and consultant in Music Licensing, Blockchain and Startups. On campus she is an Equity Partner and a member of the Female Faculty Alliance, who advocate for social justice issues.   Featured on CNN Espanol,  CNN “The Lead”,  MIDEM, InHolland University, and Berklee Valencia and published “WTF are NFT’s, Smart Contracts and Tokens” and “What’s Up with MXSup’s” in the MEIEA Journal.   Her company MonoMyth Media licensed 30 albums for Chris Blackwell including Elton John, Parliament-Funkadelic, and Fleetwood Mac, and with Gloria Estefan she managed royalties for their Sony venture.  She currently manages SheGrooves, the award-winning all-female band from Berklee College of Music.  Check out her interview with The Buttonwood Tree,“Metallica Producer Bob Rock Sells Rights” and a shout out from her amazingly talented former student, Amanda Montgomery “Female Disruptors”  Follow Ani  http://www.linkedin.com/in/recdmavn

SheGrooves student Interns 2024

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Allison Sowa, Professional Music, '25

Audrey Trammell, Music Production and Design, '26

Raymond Andrus, Music Therapy, '26