Karen conducts workshops in fiddle, tin whistle and banjo covering beginner, intermediate and advanced levels and to date has taught at:
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Fiddles on Fire Festival (The Sage, Gateshead and King’s Place, London)
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Fiddles at Witney
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Pipers Tionol (Proitzer Mühle, Wendland, Germany)
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Comhaltas na Breataine Convention – Glasgow and Leeds
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Wimborne Folk Festival
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Michael Shanley Festival (Kiltyclogher, Co. Leitrim)
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Rhine Valley Feis Ceol (Alsace, France)
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Guildhall School of Music & Drama
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Wigmore Hall
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London Irish Music School
among others …
Karen has worked in schools as a workshop leader to introduce children to traditional Irish music, song and dance – most recently at Essex Primary School to celebrate ‘Refugees Week’ – 3 days of workshops, culminating in an 8 minute public performance by a year 5 class.
Karen has also collaborated on creative projects with the 'BBC Symphony Family Orchestra'
‘Karen is a TTCT (Comhaltas) qualified traditional Irish music teacher, she is also a qualified secondary school teacher (Maths) and CRB checked.'
Fiddle Workshop Group, RVIA Feis Ceoil - Alsace, France 2009
