Karen Lee-Morlang

Performer, educator and impresario, Karen is well-loved and remembered for her exquisite playing, boisterous stage presence as well as her creative programming. Karen has become particularly well-known in B.C. communities for her collaborative skills at the piano and for championing art music for new audiences. Immediately after graduating with her second degree in Music from UBC, she taught as a Sessional Lecturer in Collaborative Piano at the University for four years.  During that time, she also won numerous international and local awards that enabled her to travel to Europe and North America for further studies. She has continued her work producing creative performances that incorporate music appreciation, theatrical elements and multi-disciplinary fields. In the last few years, she has performed for the International World Peace Forum, Festival Vancouver, CBC Radio, various Folk Festivals and has been touring in Canada and the U.S. 
With her passion for reaching new audiences, Karen often organizes chamber music and vocal recitals around the Lower Mainland as well in more rural communities. Karen has also directed recital and lecture series for the Vancouver Art Gallery, the UBC Main Library, and the University Women's Club, and in 2004 completed a three-year project with the UBC Learning Exchange in the Downtown Eastside producing and teaching the Music Appreciation 101 course. Karen now also coordinates the “Night Before the Opera” events at the Carnegie Center with the Vancouver Opera, and hosts the “Vancouver Public Library Recital Series”, a free monthly series for the general public. In 2007, Karen created and hosted a new mini-series called “Nuts & Notes” on CBC Radio One as well as guest hosting on Westcoast Performance for CBC Radio Two.  Karen can be heard singing with the sassy soulful seven-woman acapella group, “The No S~~t Shirleys”.