KAREN FOSTER: Let's Fall In Love

Karen Foster

Let's Fall In Love

© 2003 Karen B. Foster (733792471429)

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Wonderful Big Band arrangements of great tunes played and sung by outstanding professional musicians.

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Karen Foster began performing professionally in 1969 as a singer at Six Flags Over Texas. At that time, she also directed a high school choir and taught music theory.
She lived in Florence, Italy for 6 months, where she was choir director at the American Church. She returned to Texas for graduate work, then taught junior high choir for 5 years. After singing in a dance band for several years, she moved to Los Angeles, where she performed regularly at area clubs and was a guest performer at the Masquers' Club.

Next came Aspen, Colorado, where Karen performed as Fraulein Kost in a dinner theater production of Cabaret and taught private voice lessons. She then moved to Athens, Ohio, where she sang and played piano in nightclubs.

Karen has taught voice privately and at Texas Woman's University since 1988 and has been director/pianist of a Dallas-based senior citizens' entertainment troupe, the Reflection Singers, for 14 years. She also plays and sings with a Dixieland band.

At TWU, Karen has had roles in Steel Magnolias, Nunsense, and Six Women with Brain Death, for which she won an ACTF award for vocal direction. She has been active in Denton musical theater as music director (A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, for which she won a Josh award), vocal coach (Camelot, Little Shop of Horrors, The Fantasticks, Hello Dolly, and Mame), and as music director/vocal coach/pianist (two productions of Nunsense).

Karen sings at many Denton events (Arts and Jazz Fest, HOPE benefit, Starrise, Music on the Square). She performs in area retirement communities and also plays and sings for weddings, receptions, parties and banquets.

In May '99 Karen released her first CD, "Pennies From Heaven", a collection of pop standards from the 1930s and '40s. Her record label, Wishing Well Records, also released "Merry Christmas From Karen" and "Blue Skies", which covers more pop standards with a jazzier edge than her first CD. Karen's latest album, "Let's Fall In Love", features big band arrangements and was released in November of 2003.

Karen received her Bachelor and Master of Music Education degrees from the University of North Texas, and has also studied at TWU. Her voice teacher, Joan Wall of TWU, is her mentor and inspiration.

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  • Love it!
    author: Heidi Roat

    As a huge fan of the great female vocalists of jazz, I can honestly say that Karen holds her own with her renditions of these standards! A great addition to my library of music.

  • Incredible talent
    author: Saunders Jones director Etowah Jazz Soc

    Excellent vocals with a lyrical lightness. Great arrangements in the big band. I could listen to her all day!!!Thanks Karen. If you come this way give us a holler.

  • Wonderful brassy big band arrangements
    author: Seymour Joseph

    Karen has a beautiful voice. This CD is filled with a great selection of classic love songs and the brassy big band arrangements are really fabulous.

  • Stunning
    author: Andy

    Wonderful voice, wonderful arrangements, wonderful performaces by all of the musicians on the CD. Your best effort to date. Keep up the fine work, Karen.

  • Happy Music. Makes the world a beautiful place.
    author: Sheree Turner

    Superb production but, more than that, the choice of songs is uplifting and hopeful. Makes me want to go out and give flowers to everyone! It's good for every day of the week but try it on a Sunday morning with a steaming cup of flavored coffee...

  • Perfection.
    author: David, "Strictly Dixie"

    Great tunes, great charts, wonderful singer. Whaddya do now that you've reached perfection, Karen?!

  • Dazzling! Has become my favorite CD to listen and sing along with.
    author: Eva Hunter

    I love all of Karen's work, but this one is my all-time favorite. Keeping it handy in my car stereo, I listen to it and sing along all the time. Way to go, Karen!

  • A voice 2nd only to Allison Krause, Great song choice and arrangements
    author: Bob Penick

    Karen is my favorite singer because of a quality of voice , second only to Allison Krause,and because of the songs and arrangements she chooses. Bob Penick

  • great vocals
    author: Thomas R. Maples - feverdream records

    Not only a good collection of songs in a great presentation, but well done - Bravo. Good breath control -lyrical interpretation, just excellent. There should be a video...

  • author: Jason

    This is TOP NOTCH!!! The quality of her voice is outstanding, along with great musicianship. The quality of the recording nothing but PRO!!!

  • WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!This is HOT!!!!!!
    author: R J Waters

    great music,exqusite voice. congratulations

  • Karen is truly talented and I love her voice! Awesome Karen!
    author: Tracey Hykel

    The songs are recognizable and there is a great variety. Excellent song choices. I enjoyed it thoroughly!

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