Yoga Music

05/27/2026

Here's the playbill for the Burch VIOLA CONCERTO premiere ~

05/27/2026

https://youtu.be/HP34M2dNRbg?si=yOMg9CmsdF7Hfcif

MANY THANKS to my dear friend Charles Fernandez for inviting me to be the 2025-'26 season closer featured soloist with his orchestra🥰🙏🏿🎻

Here is my solo feature, world premiere of the Stephen Burch ~

Karen Elaine is an internationally recognized viola soloist and ensemble performer; winner of the 1988 Bruno Giuranna International Viola Competition. As a H...

05/21/2026

...from today's recital with Amir~ Bartok Duo #40

05/21/2026

SSSSOOOOOOO proud of my student Amir~ we shared another energized performance at his residence activity room for a very appreciative audience, repertoire included violin duos by Bartok, Pleyel, Abel, Rodé, and Mazas🥰🎻🎻🎼🎵🎶

05/15/2026

HELLO Facebook Fam!
Please cast your vote for me at this link👇🏾
peoplesartist.org/2026/karen-elaine

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My Special Blend Of Acrobatic Yoga And Music (Bach Flips) Takes Preconceived Notions Of How To Enjoy Classical Music And Literally Flips It

05/14/2026

05/14/2026

WHO'S COMING?!

I have been invited to premiere a magnificently virtuosic solo viola concerto with the Moorpark Symphony.

THIS COMING SATURDAY, composer/Conductor Stephen Burch will guide me and the Moorpark Symphony in the premiere of his .

Especially brilliant is the second movement of the piece, originally written by the composer as an unaccompanied viola sonata.

Maestro/composer Stephen has given me the artistic freedom to write my own cadenza in the third movement- so matching his spirit in that movement of quoting from the , I have created a 'sampler' of works for solo strings... I'm not giving it away tho'🥰 You must come to the concert to hear it!

Saturday May 16, 2026 at 7pm is when the show starts at the Moorpark Presbyterian Church. Tickets can be purchased here👇🏾

http://www.moorparksymphony.org/tickets

btw, this will be my last solo performance in the USA~ I just landed a dream job as Principal Viola of the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra where I start performing this coming October. I am on my way to !!!🥰🙏🏿🇿🇦

03/23/2026

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03/22/2026

...oooohhhh yesssss😋😋😋
THOROGHLY enjoying a cucumber/lime fresh pressed juice before the gig, also got a cantaloupe juice for after...

12/23/2025

...Big Bear Valley forecast is for some of this just in time for Christmas! If you're driving up the mountain, make sure you have tire chains even if there is no snow on the ground❄️❄️❄️