Kelly Watson Woelffer is a versatile flutist, composer, and educator based in Boston, Massachusetts. After nearly two decades in Berlin, she recently returned to the United States, bringing with her an international career spanning contemporary classical chamber music, performance, composition, and pedagogy.

As founder and flutist of hear now berlin., a contemporary chamber ensemble at the forefront of Europe's new music scene, Kelly has championed the work of living composers through innovative performances, collaborations, and recordings. Alongside her active performing and creative career, she is a dedicated educator who is passionate about fostering artistry, curiosity, and a lifelong love of music in students of all ages.

Starting in Fall 2026, Kelly joined the Artist Faculty at the Longy School of Music of Bard College. She also serves on the faculty of the Rivers School Conservatory and maintains a private flute studio. In all of these contexts, she mentors students in cultivating technical mastery alongside their individual artistic voices.

In performance, Kelly is guided by the act of giving; seeking to offer audiences the beauty, power, and fragile vulnerability that shape our shared human experience.

In 2024 Kelly was named a Wm. S. Haynes Artist and plays a 14K custom gold flute which she discovered with Adam Workman at Flutistry Boston.