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Karen has performed with Opera Colorado, Opera Theatre of the Rockies, Denver Opera Company, Boulder Bach Festival, Boulder Philharmonic Academy, Colorado Music Festival Chorus, Colorado Symphony Orchestra Chorus and others. Karen founded the “Sing for Life” voice studio in 1992 is a certified member of NATS, the National Association of Teachers of Singing.

Karen has performed selections of the roles of “Leonora” in Verdi’s Il Trovatore and “Lady Billows” from Britten’s Albert Herring in 2003 as well as "Santuzza" in Cavalleria Rusticana and “Kundry” from Wagner’s Parsifal in 2004 with the Opera Theatre of the Rockies Summer Vocal Symposium, under the guidance of retired MET Opera singer, Martile Rowland, with whom Karen studied for 4 years.

Karen placed as a Semi-Finalist in the Scammon International Opera Competition in October 2004, completed the NYIOP (New York International Opera Auditions) in March 2005 and has also performed in a unique collaboration with the Frequent Flyers Aerial Dance Company in April 2005. She placed as a Quarter-Finalist in the National Classical Singer Convention Audition/Competition at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York, NY May 2005 as well as competing in the All Colorado Opera Auditions (ACOA), in Denver on March 24th, 2007.

After a successful Opera Audition Tour of Germany and Austria in the autumn of 2007, she is preparing the full role of Brünnhilde from Wagner’s Ring Cycle, as requested by several German agents. She plans to return to Europe for another audition tour in the autumn of 2010. She sang as a Soprano soloist in the premier of the new Requiem Op. 120 by James Myers in March of 2009 and competed in the Liederkranz Wagner Competition in New York City in both 2009 and 2010. Currently Karen studies with David Jones in New York City, in addition to teaching voice in her private studio and preparing for future roles, auditions and performance opportunities.