Karen has a Bachelor of Music
Performance majoring in voice from the Victorian College of the Arts.
She has worked in Australia, Britain and Europe as an actor, musician
and singer, including founding her own a cappella group Mother Tongue,
performing with the Astra Choir, and being a musician/singer with original
Celtic band Shillelagh. Karen also has a strong theatre and movement
background, having trained in Europe with Jaques Lecoq, Phillipe Gaulier
and Theatre de Complicite. Walk on Water’s musical direction has been
defined by Karen’s familiarity with Celtic music and skills in improvisation.