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Karen began
to study the harp at the age of thirteen and attended the
Royal College of Music Junior Department where she won the
Gordan Turner Prize for Harp and several prizes at other
London music festivals.
Karen moved to Manchester in 1993 to study at the Royal
Northern College of music where she was awarded an
Exhibition Scholarship and the David Dunn (Yorke Trust)
Prize
Since graduating with Honours, Karen has been working as a
freelance player in the North West with orchestras such as
the Liverpool Philharmonic, Halle, Northern Chamber and
Northern Sinfonia. She has also worked on UK tours for
various Ballet, Viennese and pop companies.
She has recently performed harp concertos by Mozart, Ravel
and Debussy as well as continuing an interest in
contemporary music through various Multimedia Projects
with Birmingham Jazz and “Okeanos” (involving Harp, Oboe,
Art and Dance) Karen has appeared in backing orchestras
for TV’s Stars in their Eyes and on Uk tours with Russell
Watson and Barry Manilow. |
