Deborah Klemme

Violin

MM (Cleveland Institute of Music), BMus (University of Northern Iowa)

Getty Music Touring Company — Executive Director

Violinist Deborah Klemme has been a core member of Keith & Kristyn Getty’s band for over fifteen years, and is also Director of the Getty Music Touring Company. With the Gettys, she has toured the world, recorded numerous albums, and collaborated with leading artists in the Irish, Classical, Bluegrass, and Christian music genres on some of the world’s greatest stages, including multiple sold-out performance at Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, Grand Ole Opry House, Belfast’s Waterfront Hall, London’s Royal Albert Hall, Singapore’s Star Theatre, and the Sydney Opera House in Australia. Ms. Klemme enjoys combining the fun of traditional music with her skill as a highly-trained classical musician in a fresh and engaging way onstage.

Ms. Klemme received a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance from the University of Northern Iowa, graduating summa cum laude as a member of the prestigious Presidential Scholars Program. She received a Master of Music in Violin Performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music in the studio of Stephen Rose, Principal Second Violin of the Cleveland Orchestra. She and her husband, orchestral conductor Benjamin Klemme, have a passion for teaching and training young musicians the necessary skills for high-level playing in order to glorify God and to share His beauty through music. They live in Wheaton, Illinois with their three children.