NAME:
Mrs. Kirsten Karlan
SCHOOL:
Frenchtown, Booth Hill, & Jane Ryan Elementary Schools
CLASS:
String Instrumental Music
Email:
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Mrs. Kirsten Karlan is the strings instrumental teacher for Frenchtown, Booth
Hill, and Jane Ryan Elementary Schools. After attending Moravian College,
she graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree in Violin Performance from
Western Connecticut State University. She comes to us from Greens Farms
Academy, where she was the Orchestra Director,and from Westport and
Ridgefield Public Schools where she taught part-time as a strings
specialist. Mrs. Karlan performs frequently, as a violinist, with
the American Chamber Orchestra of Fairfield County and the Civic Orchestra of
New Haven and as a substitute for the Greater Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra.
She is looking forward to continuing her graduate studies in music education
and performance this year.
This year in Trumbull I wish to continue to build a high quality string
program with our returning string students and our new beginners! The
foundation of instruction will be based on the learning of proper playing
technique and solid musicianship skills. Our classes will be rich
experiences filled with ear training, sight singing, rhythmic exercises, and
exercises for the production of good tone! The students will learn to play
familiar melodies and new music. The string students will be motivated,
challenged, and taught with limitless enthusiasm! We will share the love of
string music at the Winter and Spring concerts!
