B.A. (With honors), University of Washington; M.M. (Harp, with honors), The Cleveland Institute of Music

Karen Gottlieb performs regularly as second harpist with the San Francisco Symphony and other Bay Area ensembles, including the California Symphony, San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Chamber Orchestra and Berkeley Symphony. She is also principal harpist with the prestigious Cabrillo Music Festival. In 1990 she toured with the San Francisco Symphony on their European Festival Concert Tour and in 1983 she soloed with the San Francisco Boys Chorus on their concert tour of Australia and New Zealand. Gottlieb has performed with Broadway shows such as A Chorus Line, Hello Dolly, Woman of the Year, Nine, and The Tap Dance Kid, and has accompanied contemporary singers Tony Bennett, Ann-Margaret, Neil Sedaka, Anthony Newley, Steve Lawrence and Edie Gorme.