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About
Karen has inspired hundreds of students to have fun improving their voices! She has taught absolute beginners to untrained pros age 9 to 79 since 1997, started singing professionally in 1993, and has explored voice solutions since 1989.
Karen offers singing and speaking teleclasses and lessons nationwide by phone, locally in person, and group workshops anywhere by request.
Karen's passion for singing led her to over a dozen voice instructors including Roberta Davis (Berklee School of Music), various holistic health workers, and years of teaching others before finding her voice - now enthusiastically praised from Minneapolis to Nashville to Paris, France!
Karen's voice instruction experience also includes:
* interactive group teleclasses by phone
* voice workshops and classes at West Bank School of Music, Dreamland Arts, Walker Community Church, One World Festival, and Pronoia Fest, her independent studio,
* SteppingStone Theater Roster Artist and Artist in Residence
for Minneapolis Public Schools, St. Paul Public Schools, Girl Scouts and more
* Choir Director for Academia Cesar Chavez and Children's Center Montessori
Karen is a voice expert for eHow.com, EzineArticles.com, and TRCB.com,
Born in Seoul, Korea, Karen grew up with her immigrant family in CA, TX, and MN. and got a Jazz Studies degree at Cornell College. She has traveled and performed in the US, Central America, South Korea, Europe and Brazil with musicians such as Robert Robinson (Aretha Franklin), Soli Hughes (Sounds of Blackness), and Devon Evans (Bob Marley). Karen's singing has been featured on National Public Radio, MN Public Radio, Democracy Now, documentary film, TV, radio and cable. As far as she knows, Karen is the first Korean-American jazz singer ever in the US.
What Karen Offers as a Holistic Voice Coach
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The focus is on fun and inspiring ways that work to help you improve your voice.
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Your voice is part of your identity and your soul that you share with the world every day of your life.
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Your body is your instrument - taking care of your body helps you have a healthier voice.
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There are no "bad" voices, there are only voices that need effective training, practice and health care.
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Learning body awareness is key, so that you physically experience what works and doesn't work - to get it in your body memory.
With everything she's learned on her journey, Karen guarantees voice improvement for every student who follows her recommendations!
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