Karen Langille, Violin
Karen Langille, Violin
Karen has been a member of Symphony Nova Scotia since 1985, and a member of the Charlottetown Festival Orchestra in Prince Edward Island since 2000. She is also active as a chamber musician and violin teacher, and has been a regular coach with the Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra for several years. A graduate of McGill University, Karen pursued studies in both modern and baroque violin. She was a founding member of McGill’s first Colligeum, performing on period instruments, and is a past member of the Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montreal.
Karen has worked with members of Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, and participated in summer sessions with renowned baroque violinists Simon Standage and Lucy van Dael, at the Amherst Baroque Academy in New England. She is a founding member of both Réjouissance and Tempest, ensembles specializing in early music performance on period instruments, and has recorded for CBC Radio 2 both locally and nationally.