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• M.A. in Piano Performance from CSU Ï㽶ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø
• B.A. in Piano Performance and Minor in Audio Production from Ï㽶ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø

Karen Madden holds a M.A. in Piano Performance (CSU, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø) and a B.A. in Piano Performance and minor in Audio Production (Ï㽶ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø), studying with Andreas Werz and Dr. Larry Warkentin, respectively. Masterclasses include Angela Hewitt, Joseph Kalichstein, and Paul Badura-Skoda, and study and participation at the Amalfi Coast Music Festival and Institute (Italy). Karen has enjoyed solo and collaborative performances throughout the United States and Europe, has been featured on KVPR’s Young Artist Spotlight, and received the Alpha Chi National Honor Society’s 2002 H.Y. Benedict Fellowship for her multimedia performance of Ravel’s Jeux d’eau. Her extensive collaborative piano background includes performances with the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø Grand Opera Chorus, FGO Orchestra, Central California Children’s Choir, vocal groups at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø City College and FPU, and a chamber performance for Ï㽶ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø Pacific’s Pacific Artist Series. Karen has maintained a private piano studio for two decades, with students going on to professional piano and teaching careers. An active member of the Music Teachers’ Association of California, she serves in committee and adjudications, and was founding chair of the MTAC Ï㽶ÊÓƵ¹ÙÍø’s Central CA Baroque Festival. She is delighted to serve as FPU’s instructor of piano and director of Keyboard Studies.