Frances Karp
Piano

Frances Reiche Karp received her early music training in Albuquerque, New mexico with Maurice Lichtman. She attended the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, earning both Bachelor and Master of Music degrees, studying with Jack Randusky. Further study took her to Columbia University and the Juilliard School of Music. She has taught in Yakima, Washington; Lexington, Kentucky, and Urbana, Illinois; has been an opera coach at the University of Illinois; taught at the University of Wisconsin; and maintained a piano studio in Madison for many years.

In addition to 4-hand and 2 piano repertoire with her husband, and 'cello sonatas with Parry Karp, she has performed numerous chamber works with various artists throughout her career. She has been soloist with orchestras including the Hague Residente Orchestra and the Madison Symphony.

A 4 CD set, entitled A Half Century of Music Making, works for 2 pianos and piano 4 hands by Howard and Frances Karp was released in 2001. A CD of the complete works for cello and piano by Ernest Bloch (performed with Parry Karp) was released in 2006 (Laurel Records).

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