MAINSTAY - Harpist Karen Stern

Karen Stern is a busy harpist in the greater metropolitan New York City area. In her words, she “enjoys sharing beautiful music with kind audiences and appreciates a warm and welcoming setting” where she can do this. This sounds like a perfect match for the Mainstay!

Karen's mom, also a harpist, began teaching Karen at age five. She earned a a Master’s degree from Manhattan School of Music.

Karen performed regularly with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra for many years and is a featured soloist on several of their CDs.

Her additional orchestral experience includes performances with the American Symphony Orchestra, the NYC Ballet, the American Ballet Theater, the NYC Opera, and several Broadway shows. She performs regularly with New Jersey’s Garden State Opera, and the Trilogy Opera Company in Newark.

Her orchestral career has been supplemented with performances as high tea harpist at the Waldorf and St. Regis Hotels In NYC, and as cruise ship harpist on Caribbean and trans-Atlantic voyages. Her harp and flute duo, The Levin/Stern Duo (with flutist Sharon Levin) was winner of the Young Artists Chamber Music Award in NYC. They have performed in Europe, South, and Central America.

Special thanks to our friends at the Hedgelawn Foundation for their support of our classical music presentations.

TICKETS - $15
Purchase tickets online, click HERE.
Phone reservations are also accepted by calling (410) 639-9133