She performs frequently with orchestras and ensembles in Singapore and New York. Some orchestras include the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, New Opera Singapore, and the Orchestra of the Music Makers. Recent performances in the United States include performing with the Kaufman Special Music School, Mayflower Art Center, Cecilia Chorus Foundation, Zamir Foundation, working with the orchestras of Bard College-Conservatory and the City University of New York,  and recording for artists of various genres. She is a member of the Pacific Music Festival Orchestra Academy 2025 in Sapporo, Japan.

 

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As a chamber musician, she enjoys performing with a variety of chamber music settings. She performed Ravel’s “Introduction et Allegro” with Village Verein, a budding ensemble in the New York music scene. She also performed in a new chamber music concert series titled “In Bloom”, presenting works by aspiring young composers in New York. Most recently, she presented a full recital of harp chamber music, including a premiere of a harp septet work by a Singaporean composer. 

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Karen is no stranger to the social scenes of both Singapore and New York City, having graced countless weddings, corporate events or private parties. Notable clients include Chanel, Pandora, Viking Cruises, and Christian Dior, among others. She was the resident harpist at The Fullerton Hotel from 2016 to 2020, as well as at the Shangri-La Hotel for the summer of 2023. At present, she performs regularly at the Raffles Hotel and Fullerton Hotel when in Singapore.

 

 

She has piloted a series of harp and music foundation workshops in schools and enjoys facilitating community music and outreach projects. A notable project was where she recorded in a Scholars-Give-Back Series as part of the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts scholar alumni, raising funds for future students in financial need. She is a founding member of Singapore’s first harp quartet – The Harp Quarterly. A notable production was a reimagination of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, featuring a mulit-disciplinary performance of a new work by a Singaporean composer, complemented by original visual art projections. Through curating and executing multi-disciplinary performances and workshops, she is a versatile performer who enjoys sharing her art.

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Representing her cohort as the valedictorian, she graduated with a Bachelor of Music with First Class Honours from the joint program between Royal College of Music, London and Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore under a full scholarship from OCBC. Her harp teachers throughout her years in Singapore are Huang Yu-Hsin and her mother, Magdalene Wong. She received a Master of Music from the Manhattan School of Music and is currently a Candidate in the Doctor of Musical Arts program where she also serves as a Doctoral Fellow teaching classes at the college. She is a Teaching Assistant at Columbia University under Christopher Washburne, professor and chair of the music department. She is a member of the Theory and Aural Skills faculty at the Manhattan School of Music Precollege. She is under the tutelage of Mariko Anraku, Associate Principal Harpist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. 

 

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In her spare time, she engages in research on Peranakan cultural identity through music and other art forms, with the goal of publishing a dissertation that highlights the significance of this cultural heritage.