Karen Robbins
    Flute, Baroque Flute, Recorder, Clarinet, Saxophone, Chamber Coaching, Kids String Orchestra

    MM, Baroque and Silver Flute, San Francisco Conservatory. MA, Music History, SUNY-Binghamton, and BA, English Literature, SUNY-Binghamton. Flute studies with Doriot Anthony Dwyer in Boston, and with Wilbert Hazelzet, Royal Conservatory of Music, Den Hague, and at the Academie voor Oude Muziek, Amsterdam. Harpsichord and continuo studies with Jacques Ogg and Frances Fitch. Jazz studies with Charlie Banacos. Has performed over 15 world premieres. Founding member of The New Trio, and the Brookline Early Music Ensemble. Peformances with L'Aurore, The EOS Ensemble, and the Warebrook Contemporary Music Festival. Live performances on WGBH in Boston, KQED in San Francisco, and Netherlands television. Doubles on clarinet and saxophone in theater pits and orchestras. Performs regularly with the Company Theater of Norwell. Faculty, Brookline Music School, Brookline Public Schools, Boston Public Schools. Former faculty, Putney School Summer Arts, Vermont. 

Karen Robbins