Karen Jacobsen was born to touch people's lives with her music...as legend has it, her Mother took piano lessons while carrying her.
Since moving to New York City, Karen has been awarded the Abe Olman Award for Excellence in Songwriting from the S [+]Karen Jacobsen was born to touch people's lives with her music...as legend has it, her Mother took piano lessons while carrying her.
Since moving to New York City, Karen has been awarded the Abe Olman Award for Excellence in Songwriting from the Songwriters Hall of Fame, sung the National Anthem at Madison Square Garden for a NY Liberty Basketball Game, and at Fenway Park to a sellout crowd of 34 000 people.
Karen's song, "Supposed To Say" was placed on an episode in Season 2 of the hit WB TV Series 'Dawson's Creek' and is available on her CD release "As I Am".
Originally from Mackay, a country town near Australia's Great Barrier Reef, Karen performed at a school concert at the age of five and her destiny was set. She started to write songs and learn classical piano when she was eight, but was drawn to songs from musical theatre, and the pure pop of Abba and her childhood idol Olivia Newton-John. Piano examinations, choirs and high school musicals followed, including a stint as Dorothy in The Wiz. Karen was perfectly happy to fill every waking hour with music.
After high school, Karen moved a thousand kilometres south to Brisbane where she studied Jazz Voice and Piano at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, winning the Jazz Prize. Awarded the "Warana Young Performer Of The Year", Karen was soon performing up to five shows a week while marinating in the classic pop ballads and continuing to write and perform her own songs.
She soon relocated to Australia's largest city, Sydney, where her career flourished. An original cast member of the Australian production of the Broadway show "Buddy, The Buddy Holly Story", Karen also toured with the Jon English show "Turn The Page" throughout South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.
By weaving pop piano with her passionate vocal style, Karen creates a powerful dynamic between herself and her audience. In Sydney she showcased her songs with her own band at The Basement, Harbourside Brasserie, Starfish Club, The Cat and Fiddle, The Sydney Acoustica Movement's Tuesday Night Club, the Iguana Bar, Side On Cafe, Club Acoustica, the Commercial Hotel's Acoustic Lounge and the 3 Weeds.
Appearing as one of ten selected Singer/Songwriters, Karen performed at the critically acclaimed Joni
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