Ferry Violin Studio

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Karen Lela Ferry is a master student at the Cleveland Institute of Music and studies with Stephen Rose. Her previous teachers include Ralph Matson, former concertmaster of the Utah Symphony and Deborah Moench of Salt Lake City.

Karen made her solo orchestral debut at age 7 with the Utah Philharmonic Orchestra and in 2014, was a featured soloist with the Utah Symphony on its annual “Salute to Youth” concert. Karen soloed with the Utah Symphony three times on its 2017-2018 season, once as the “All Star Evening” competition winner and twice as a paid guest artist.

As a full-scholarship student of the Gifted Music School, Karen performed with world-renowned artists Roberto Diaz, Leon Fleisher, Andres Cardenes, Joseph Silverstein, and Bill McLauglin and was featured on NPR’s, “From the Top.”

Karen has been coached in masterclasses by Robert Lipsett, Paul Kantor, Jaime Laredo, Stefan Jackiw, Henryk Kowalski, Laurie Smukler, Ilya Kaler and by members of the Miro, Guarneri, Dover, Ébène, and Jupiter String Quartets. Karen has twice attended the ENCORE Chamber Music Festival where she studied with Jinjoo Cho and the Cavani String Quartet and the Indiana String Academy studying with Grigory Kalinovsky.

Karen maintains a 4.0 GPA at CIM, was selected to participate in the Intensive Duo Program and serves in Student Government. Karen also enjoys running, singing, tap dancing, and visiting her family in Corinne, Utah on their cattle ranch.