Eclectic folk music

Andrew received classical training, starting on the cello at age nine. He won multiple awards as a teenager and earned a cello scholarship to Whitman College in Washington. Since then he has learned to play several other instruments and played in multiple classical, jazz, and folk ensembles. He founded Skamokawa Swamp Opera in 2013.

Wren joined SSO in 2022 - we recruited her for her beautiful, expressive voice, as well as her ability to step in with guitar and melodica. Wren's background is in musical theater. She and Kyleen hit it off immediately when they discovered that they both had played Fantine in stage productions of Les Miserables.

Kyleen studied opera at Notre Dame de Namur University in California. She has since studied guitar and become a singer-songwriter, producing two solo albums.

Erik is a skilled percussionist. He was formerly the drummer for Giants in the Trees, a rock band founded by Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic. He learned mandolin just because SSO needed one.   A computer genius, Erik also recorded and mixed SSO's first two albums.