Saturday, 11 October 2008
House Concert:  Karen Fitzgerald

We are definitely anticipating this next visit from this graceful performer.  Contemporary instrumental performing and recording artist Karen FitzGerald brings together a classically trained technique with a deeply personal musical intuition that comes straight from the heart. Her solo piano compositions range from delicate and soothing to passionate and soul-stirring, evoking the beauty of nature, the subtle shades of human emotion and our ever-present longing for spiritual wholeness. According to the Bellingham Herald, “Her soaring compositions are reminiscent of snowstorms and waterfalls. Her musical expression is at once powerful and melodic.”

Karen’s first CD was released in April 1999. Heart of the Rain is nine beautiful piano solos, with tasteful synthesizer enhancement on two tracks.  Karen's love of music has also involved her deeply with singing. She has worked with choral groups both large and small in the capacities of director, arranger and singer, as well as accompanist. Her gospel, country and jazz piano arrangements for the dynamic 85-member Kulshan Chorus have dazzled audiences since 1988. Karen currently performs with the vocal ensemble, Equinox.

Recently, Karen’s music has begun to find its way into film and television, including The Oprah Winfrey Show and Best Week Ever, as well as background music for numerous promotional videos and web sites.  She can be heard on a number of Internet broadcasts, including the popular Whisperings Solo Piano Radio show. 

With her second solo CD, Cascade, in the planning stages, Karen FitzGerald is poised for further expansion in her musical career.  As Chris Lunn of the Victory Music Review says, “Here is modern, original solo piano ~ clean and crisp at its most lyrical, warm sense... Very fine piano and composition by a woman who should have national stature.” 

7:30pm at Brookhaven Lodge.