Megan Kehren has been a part of the KSYO since 1993 and has served as a student, coach, assistant and now as conductor of the Junior Orchestra. Megan earned her music education and viola performance degrees from Southern Methodist University and the University of Colorado at Boulder where she served as the teaching assistant for the viola studio.

Professionally, Megan has performed with many orchestras and was assistant principal viola of the Boulder Philharmonic (Colorado) before moving to Knoxville and joining the viola section of the Knoxville Symphony in 2012. Megan’s passion is teaching and she has an active studio of violists and violinists of all ages. Since 2020 she has been working closely with her sister, Erin Archer (Preludium conductor) in creating an online music teaching platform called Muze (learnwithmuze.com). In her spare time Megan enjoys practicing the art of ceramics, running road races as well as exploring the world and climbing its many mountains with her husband, Frank.