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Winner: 2023 City of Los Angeles Vocalist and Blues Living Legend Award




The American Prize for Excellence in the Arts 2018 and 2023



Barry Manilow/Concord Records Scholarship Award for Writing Lyrics That Succeed and Endure




Winner: 2008 Song of the Year: West Coast Songwriters




Winner: 2009 and 2010 National Top 100 Artists, Music Connection Magazine




With judge Paul Williams - GINA for Missing Persons Song Contest



















• Winner: Best Song - June 2010 - West Coast Songwriters ("I'm Living My Life")

• Winner: 2009 Best of the Best: Los Angeles Women in Music ("Mirabelle," "Too Little")

• Winner: Best Performance - May 2009, July 2008 - West Coast Songwriters Hollywood Competition ("She Burned Down the Battery, "Savin It," "Deeper In")

• Winner: Best Song - April 2009, May 2008 - West Coast Songwriters ' Hollywood Competition ("Mirabelle," "Sun On My Face")

• 2009 Songwriter Spotlight: Featured artist for exemplary songwriting on launch of songwritersvantage.com

• 2007: Artist-in-Residence, Marlborough School, Los Angeles, California

• Winner: June 2007 West Coast Songwriters Hollywood Competition ("Smooth Sailing")

• Finalist: 2009 and 2007 Los Angeles Women in Music/ ("Smooth Sailing," "Mirabelle")

•Winner: 2006 Los Angeles Songwriter's Co-op/ Nashville Tracks Songwriting Competition ("Smooth Sailing")

• • Winner: 2003 Best New Recording by a Choir for women's voices, Vox Femina Los Angeles featuring two of Karen's compositions ("Totally Exposed" and "I Love A Rainbow")

• Finalist: 2001 USA Songwriting Competition ("Judah and His Maccabees")

• 1980 Hermitage Foundation Educational Scholarship

• Bachelor of Music, East Carolina University

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
• ASCAP
• AMERICAN CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION
• SCREEN ACTORS GUILD-AFTRA
• WEST COAST SONGWRITERS
• LOS ANGELES WOMEN IN MUSIC
• NASHVILLE SONGWRITERS ASSN INTERNATIONAL
• AMERICAN COMPOSER'S GUILD