Career Notes - Karen Schwartz

ACCEPTING ONLINE STUDENTS FOR THE FALL

Educator since 1984
PIANO AND KEYBOARD
All styles and ages, including pre-readers

MOST NOTABLE RECENT ENGAGEMENTS:

MARCH 2020: ONLINE EDUCATOR OF PIANO, THEORY AND EAR TRAINING FOR ALL AGES
2020: GREYLOCK OPERA COLLECTIVE, MCLA Artist-in-Residence
2019: Artist in Residence, MCLA
2019: ArtsWestchester
2019: Premiere of THE WEEPING WOMAN, an opera by Michael Dilthey
2018: Kaye Playhouse
2018-2019: AMERICAN HOTEL Sag Harbor
2016: Collaborator with Broadway vocalist N’KENGE
2016: Published at SlippedDisc.com: I Was Accompanist to The Ultimate Violin Teacher
2015 Faculty Member: Diller-Quaile School of Music
WINTER 2014: Concert Series – Litchfield, CT
WINTER 2014: Yale Whiffenpoofs
WINTER 2013: Oldcastle Theatre Downtown Arts Winter Series, Bennington, VT
FALL 2012: The Toy Box, Featured Soloist, MOCA MIAMI, with Artist Pablo Cano and Choreographer Katherine Kramer
2012: Faculty, SONATA/SONATINA INTERNATIONAL PIANO CAMP
JUNE 2012: Greenwich House Music School, Manon Hutton-De Wys, Piano
2011: Regular Recording Studio Artist; Opera, Musical Theater, Instrumental collaborations
DECEMBER 2010: Empire Opera-Recital
NOVEMBER 2010: Breath of Life Gala, Cipriani, NYC
AUGUST 2010: Grand concert to benefit Savannah Concert Association
JUNE 2010: NY Stage and Film, Vassar College: MUSICAL DIRECTOR and SOLOIST: “Unfinished Piece for a Player Piano”, Richard Nelson, Playwright, Peter Golub, Composer; featuring Blair Brown, Michael Cerveris, Jon DeVries, Maryann Plunkett, Anthony Rapp, Stephen Bogardus, David Strathairn
MARCH 2009: New York Public Library “Lion’s Pride”- Algonquin Hotel
FALL 2009: Operatic Arias featuring Theresa Santiago and Jennifer Hines, Princeton, NJ
AUGUST 2008: Encore ’08, Music Director – variety show
DECEMBER 2007: Don’t Tell Mama’s, Accompanist/collaborator for cabaret shows
SUMMER 2007: Voyager of the Seas Mediterranean Tour, Regular in-house pianist and accompanist
SPRING 2007: Mo Pitkin’s House of Satisfaction, Cabaret pianist/collaborator
SUMMERS 2002 to PRESENT: On Board Entertainer, Crystal Cruise Lines, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
WINTER 2006: Town Hall recording artist – Opera Concert Series – LaMoyne College: collaboration with Soprano N’kenge Simpson-Hoffman
OCTOBER 2004: Premiere-La Boîte à Joujoux (The Toy Box), Claude Debussy-MOCA Miami
Resurrected this 1913 rare jewel after five years of research. Performed with marionettes for Miami’s Museum of Contemporary Art.
WINTER/SPRING 2003: Artist-in-Residence, Mt. Washington Hotel, NH, Lecture recitals featuring 20th century French composers
SUMMER 2002: NY Stage and Film Residency, Vassar College, Musical Director/Coach “Our Own Devices” by John Forster, Marc Segan, directed by Mark Waldrop
FALL 2001: “The Caveman’s Valentine” starring Samuel L. Jackson, Technical Advisor, choreographed and trained Mr. Jackson at the piano for his role in Danny DeVito’s film.
SPRING 2000: Rosie O’Donnell Show, Music consultant
SPRING/SUMMER 2001: Questionable Quest- Beacon Theatre, NYC, Musical Director/Pianist for original children’s production from Puerto Rico

FACULTY AFFILIATIONS:

New York University, Hunter College, Montclair State University, Greenwich House Music School, Third Street Music Settlement, Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, Diller-Quaile

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance, Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Master of Music in Piano Performance, Juilliard School of Music

MAJOR VENUES:

David Geffen Hall
Weill Hall
Merkin Concert Hall
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Joyce Theater
MASS MoCA
Beacon Theater
Madison Square Garden
Orchestra of St. Luke’s
National Arts Club
New York State Theater
Town Hall
Donnell Library
NY Historical Society
CAMI Hall

MASTER CLASS PARTICIPANT:

Emmanuel Ax
Ruth Laredo
Joseph Bloch
Ani Kafavian
Samuel Sanders
John Wustman
Jerome Rose

PRESS (print):

NY Times
Bershire Eagle
Miami Sun Times
Miami Sun-Sentinel
second Column LIVE RADIO/TELEVISION – NYC
WQXR
WNYC
WPIX
WCBS
WNPR