Karen has spent the major part of her professional career encouraging excellence in music for dance. She has worked for most of the UK Ballet companies whether as a staff member, freelance musician or contract player. Her work with Scottish Ballet has spanned 20 years and in the past 5 years has been coaching young musicians in a unique postgraduate Master of Music programme in association with the Scottish Ballet company and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Karen worked as a contract musician with Birmingham Royal Ballet and a freelance player with The Royal Ballet. She has worked as freelance Class musician for visiting dance companies at the Edinburgh Festival where, over the years, she played for American Ballet Theatre, Mark Morris Group and Rambert Dance Company. Internationally she has worked with The Hong Kong Ballet and Staatstheater Nurnberg .
