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Paula Karolak

Musician


San Francisco, CA
viola
12 Played at 12 groupmuses!

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Paula Karolak is a west coast based violist. Playing music since the age of three she routinely roots her musical narrative in humanistic phenomenology and her strong background in musicology helps her connect it to the cultural experience all while being a bad ass. Doing her undergraduate work in Los Angeles let Paula explore numerous musical styles and as a result she has shared the stage with such greats as Kenny Burrell, Haushka, John Cale, and John Williams to name a few. She has appeared as a chamber musician in the Dilijan Chamber Series, Musicians Guild Chamber Series and Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra. She has soloed with the UCLA philharmonic, SF Academy Orchestra and in 2015 she performed a solo set of contemporary works for the Carlsbad New Music festival. Paula is also an in demand session player and has recorded in studios all over California. Recent collaborations include Katie Day’s “By the Lake Side”, Tumbleweed Wanderers’ “Ghost” and Danny Clay’s “Stills.” After completing her MM at San Francisco Conservatory of Music with Paul Hersh and Jodi Levitz, Paula is focusing on orchestral studies and is a 2016/17 fellow at the SF Academy Orchestra.

Performed groupmuses (12)

Fancy Dress Up Party at The Roost in North Oakland

  • Saturday, March 26, 2022, at 7:30 PM
  • Santa Fe, Oakland Oakland, CA

This groupmuse happened over 1 year ago

Music at The Century Club: Conversations and Variations

  • Sunday, March 20, 2022, at 2:00 PM
  • Cathedral Hill, SF San Francisco, CA

This groupmuse happened over 1 year ago

Ginormous warehouse groupmuse!

  • Saturday, November 23, 2019, at 7:30 PM
  • South of Market, San Francisco

This groupmuse happened almost 4 years ago

A Trinity Alps Massivemuse

  • Friday, August 2, 2019, at 7:30 PM
  • Western Addition, SF San Francisco, CA
  • $25 tickets ($20 for supermusers}

This groupmuse happened about 4 years ago

Friday Night GroupMuse in Eureka Valley

  • Friday, March 2, 2018, at 8:00 PM
  • Eureka Valley, SF San Francisco, CA

This groupmuse happened over 5 years ago

Saturday Night GroupMuse in Fillmore

  • Saturday, February 10, 2018, at 7:30 PM
  • Fillmore District, SF San Francisco, CA

This groupmuse happened over 5 years ago

Schubert and More

  • Tuesday, December 19, 2017, at 7:00 PM
  • Mission District, SF San Francisco, CA

This groupmuse happened almost 6 years ago

Oak Manor Groupmuse

  • Thursday, December 14, 2017, at 7:00 PM
  • Lower haight San Francisco, CA

This groupmuse happened almost 6 years ago

String Trio Soirée to Round Out Your Sunday!

  • Sunday, May 7, 2017, at 6:30 PM
  • Upper Civic Center, SF

This groupmuse happened over 6 years ago

Embassy Groupmuse

  • Sunday, November 27, 2016, at 7:30 PM
  • Lower Haight, San Francisco

This groupmuse happened almost 7 years ago

House warming!

  • Saturday, February 13, 2016, at 6:00 PM
  • Buena Vista, San Francisco San Francisco, CA

This groupmuse happened over 7 years ago

Dubocemuse Round II

  • Saturday, July 25, 2015, at 7:00 PM
  • Mission Dolores, San Francisco San Francisco, CA

This groupmuse happened about 8 years ago