Carla Kihlstedt (born 1971) is an American composer, violinist, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist, originally from Lancaster, Pennsylvania and currently working from a home studio on Cape Cod. She is a founding member of Tin Hat Trio (1997, renamed Tin Hat), Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, The Book of Knots, Causing a Tiger, and Rabbit Rabbit. Other musical projects include 2 Foot Yard, Charming Hostess and Minamo (Carla Kihlstedt & Satoko Fujii). She is a recognized classical composer who has performed with the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), has worked occasionally on projects with Tom Waits, John Zorn, and Fred Frith, and recorded numerous albums as a guest or session musician. Kihlstedt has studied at the Peabody Conservatory of Music, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and Oberlin Conservatory of Music. In February 2012 she founded Rabbit Rabbit with her husband (and former Sleepytime Gorilla Museum drummer) Matthias Bossi. Rabbit Rabbit released their debut album, Rabbit Rabbit Radio – Vol. 1 in 2013. The band revolves around a song-a-month subscription website called Rabbit Rabbit Radio. Personal life She is the sister of American actress Rya Kihlstedt. Discography Collaborations and bands Phil Gelb, Carla Kihlstedt, John Shiurba, Matthew Sperry 1998–99 – Smoking Balance: The Complete Recordings (Limited Sedition, 2011) Charming Hostess 1999 – Eat (Vaccination) 2004 – Punch (RēR) 2004 – Sarajevo Blues (Tzadik) Tin Hat 1999 – Memory Is an Elephant (Angel) 2000 – Helium (Angel) 2002 – The Rodeo Eroded (Ropeadope/Rykodisc) 2004 – Book of Silk (Ropeadope/Rykodisc) 2007 – The Sad Machinery of Spring (Hannibal) 2007 – La giusta distanza (OST, Radiofandango) 2010 – Foreign Legion (BAG) 2012 – The Rain Is a Handsome Animal (New Amsterdam) Sleepytime Gorilla Museum 2001 – Grand Opening and Closing (Seeland/Belle Antique/Chaosophy) 2003 – Live (Sickroom) 2004 – Of Natural History (Web of Mimicry) 2005 – The Face with Shinichi "Momo" Koga (DVD, not on label) 2007 – In Glorious Times (The End) 2 Foot Yard 2003 – 2 Foot Yard (Tzadik) 2008 – Borrowed Arms (Yard Work/CD Baby) Lesli Dalaba, Fred Frith, Eric Glick Rieman & Carla Kihlstedt 2003 – Dalaba Frith Glick Rieman Kihlstedt (Accretions) The Book of Knots 2004 – The Book of Knots (Arclight) 2007 – Traineater (ANTI-) 2011 – Garden of Fainting Stars (Ipecac) Carla Kihlstedt & Shahzad Ismaily 2004 – Flying Low (Holy Night in the Outhouse) Carla Kihlstedt, Fred Frith & Stevie Wishart 2006 – The Compass, Log and Lead (Intakt) Carla