HI-I'm Karen.
I play oboe and English horn. I'm also a mom and one of those people you see taking their cats on walks on a leash.
I play English horn in the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic and freelance in NYC and beyond. During the summers, my family and I migrate to Greensboro, NC where I teach and perform as part of the Eastern Music Festival. I've been very fortunate to play a lot of great music with a lot of great musicians. Along the way I've figured out a few things about oboes and playing them in orchestras (my favorite thing to do). Here's my current bio in case you'd like to know a little more:
I play oboe and English horn. I'm also a mom and one of those people you see taking their cats on walks on a leash.
I play English horn in the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic and freelance in NYC and beyond. During the summers, my family and I migrate to Greensboro, NC where I teach and perform as part of the Eastern Music Festival. I've been very fortunate to play a lot of great music with a lot of great musicians. Along the way I've figured out a few things about oboes and playing them in orchestras (my favorite thing to do). Here's my current bio in case you'd like to know a little more:
Karen Blundell is English horn of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic. She performs regularly with the Allentown Symphony Orchestra, Springfield Symphony Orchestra and the Double Entendre Music Ensemble.
Prior to her time in NYC, Karen was Second Oboe/English horn with the Sarasota Orchestra. She is a former New World Symphony Fellow and spent three summers as the Principal Oboe with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería in Mexico City. Additional international appearances include Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.
Karen has performed with the Cincinnati Symphony Pops, Harrisburg Symphony, Hartford Symphony, Brooklyn Philharmonic, American Symphony Orchestra, Florida Orchestra, Naples Philharmonic, Florida Philharmonic, Houston Ballet Orchestra and the Houston Symphony.
Karen is also a member of the oboe faculty at the Eastern Music Festival where she is the English horn/Associate Principal Oboe of the Eastern Festival Orchestra.
Karen holds degrees from Oberlin Conservatory and the Hartt School of Music. She has studied with James Caldwell, Alex Klein, Humbert Lucarelli and Robert Atherholt.
