A native of Wisconsin, Karen received her undergraduate degree in Music Education at William Paterson University and her Masters in Vocal Performance at the University of Southern California. Her accolades in college include Most Outstanding Senior Educator and the Faculty Award for Best Student at USC. In addition to owning her private vocal studio for over a decade, she has taught classes at USC and Columbia University, and is currently on the faculty at William Paterson University. Karen toured both coasts with The New Music Ensemble, and performed at Symphony Space with Metropolitan’s Contemporary Music Ensemble. Some of her roles in Musical Theatre include Maria in The Sound of Music, Bianca in Kiss Me Kate, Anne in A Little Night Music, Berthe in Pippin, Josephine in HMS Pinafore, Yum Yum in The Mikado, and Jenny in Company.  She has also recorded vocal tracks for English- and Spanish-language commercials.  Karen is a member of NATS and NYSTA, and continues to perform professionally in both New Jersey and New York. Some of her students have been accepted into competitive fine arts programs like those at Boston Conservatory, New England Conservatory, Illinois Wesleyen, and Westminster Choir College, and others have gone on to perform professionally across the country and abroad in both Musical Theatre and Opera.                          







Julie’s career, spanning over a 25-year period, has given her many opportunities to travel and perform. Her acting credits include over a dozen national commercials for radio and television, as well as two feature films and a guest spot on the MTV cartoon Daria. On stage, Julie has performed with Chita Rivera, Sally Struthers, Fred Willard, Tyne Daly, John Raitt, Carole Cook, and Lesley Ann Warren, to name a few. Her theatre credits include Anything Goes, both in Los Angeles and at the Paper Mill Playhouse, The Mikado and Turandot with the NYC Opera at Lincoln Center, the European tour of Grease, and productions of The Music Man, Annie Get Your Gun, and Bye Bye Birdie at the Welk Resort Theatre in San Diego. Julie’s choreography has won awards with organizations like American Dance Awards and The U.S. Performing Arts Championships, and she choreographed for the film Little Black Book, starring Brittany Murphy and Holly Hunter.  She has worked as Stage Manager, Assistant Stage Manager, Dance Captain, and Swing, and has assisted Broadway veteran Jon Engstrom on shows like Saturday Night, The Desert Song, Annie Get Your Gun, and 42nd Street. Julie has been teaching dance since 1995, both in New Jersey and in Los Angeles, and is proud to be a member of SAG, AFTRA, AEA, and AGMA.