The Artist Collective
The Music in Familiar Spaces Artist Collective is made up of some of the world's leading classical musicians, each committed to reaching out to new audiences through innovative and accessible concerts. The Musicians of the Artist Collective recognize that we can't sit around and complain about the ever-diminishing classical music audience or lack of funding. We, the musicians must act.
Members of the Artist Collective organize concerts throughout the year and all across the globe based on the Music in Familiar Spaces Model. You can read about these fantastic artists below.
Karina Schmitz :: viola/violin/viola d'amore (United States)
Karina Schmitz :: viola/violin/viola d'amore (United States)
About Karina
Affiliation:
Handel & Haydn Society - Principal Viola; Apollo's Fire - Principal Viola; Carmel Bach Festival - Associate Principal Viola
Location:
Roslindale, MA
Other Interests:
running, cycling, cooking
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Biography:
Karina Schmitz holds degrees from New England Conservatory and the Cleveland Institute of Music. Her early music studies began at Oberlin Conservatory with Marilyn McDonald, Miho Hashizume and David Breitman. She continued her training in the Apollo’s Fire Apprentice Program in Cleveland while serving as concertmaster of the Case Western Reserve University Baroque Orchestra. Based in Boston, Karina is currently principal with the Handel and Haydn Society and Apollo’s Fire, the Cleveland Baroque Orchestra, associate principal of the Carmel Bach Festival Orchestra, and founding member of the seventeenth-century string band, ACRONYM. She has previously performed with the Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, Boston Camerata, Blue Heron, Chatham Baroque, the Oregon Bach Festival, Les Delices, New York State Baroque, Spire Ensemble, Opera Lafayette, the American Opera Theater in Washington, D.C. Karina has recordings on the Chandos, Olde Focus, Mode, Eclectra, Koch, AVIE, Tzadik and Artemis/Vanguard labels.
