Teaching Artist

As a teaching artist, Karen has contributed to community engagement programs with numerous organizations, including the Sarasota Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic, Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra, and Young Audiences. She has also led seminars and masterclasses at institutions such as Amherst College, The Hartt School, the International Double Reed Society, the Knight Foundation, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and Lucarelli Oboe Camp.
Karen is the Director of Community Engagement for the Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra, a position she previously held with the New World Symphony for two seasons. She also served as the Community Outreach Coordinator at the Eastern Music Festival, where she was a member of the oboe faculty for 20 years.
Recent programs she has develpoed include; Once Upon an Orchestra (Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic), Storytime with the Symphony and the Family Concert series (Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra- WHCO).
She is a two-time recipient of the prestigious Blue Grant from the New World Symphony for her work.
Karen continues to seek out opportunities to learn and improve her craft. Her continuing eduucation includes: Summer Forum at Lincoln Center, "Teaching Artists, Teaching Inclusivity" with Marquis Studios, "Tuning in to Mechanisms of Live Music for Pain" at Mount Sinai Hospital, and the Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disabilities conference presented by the Kennedy Center.
She recently presented her work on Neuro-Inclusive Programming at "Louder Together" the International Teaching Artists Coalition conference held in Antwerp, Belguim.