Karen Oberlin sings
Love Isn't Born (It's Made)
from Live at the Algonquin
Why Fight the Feeling
from Live at the Algonquin
Close Your Eyes
from Secret Love
And The Angels Sing
from My Standards
Love Dance
from My Standards
Ms. Oberlin has a deep background in classical music, jazz,
cabaret, theater and musical theater. The granddaughter of
Vaudevillians and the youngest daughter of two classical
musicians, she often performed and competed in classical singing
events and performed steadily in theater, musical and otherwise,
growing up in Central New York. As a child she played piano and
flute, and cello in the county orchestra, performed in her first
role in an opera at age six, and as a teen led a few local rock
and new-wave bands.
Since then she has performed continuously
and trained extensively, graduating from the Circle In The
Square Professional Workshop Broadway theatre conservatory in
New York after receiving her B.A. in English Literature. New
York City led Ms. Oberlin to jazz and deepened her appreciation
for the Great American Songbook. She has studied voice for more
than twenty years, and she teaches master classes in acting,
singing and interpreting song, including teaching at Singers
Forum in New York City. Ms. Oberlin is a dedicated yogi, a very
happy mother and stepmother, and is married to the writer David Hajdu.
Karen on YouTube
Karen Oberlin
Recordings
Live at the Algonquin
Secret Love: the Music of Doris Day
My Standards
Praise for Karen
“A smart, polished show. Karen Oberlin is a pop-jazz singer
who radiates a subdued glamour… Beyond having a pretty voice,
poise and interpretive insight, Ms. Oberlin is a thorough
researcher... She has impeccable pop style...Ms. Oberlin brought
a steady musical intelligence and delicately voluptuous phrasing
to her songs. In the show’s perfect moment, Ms. Oberlin’s
beautifully shaped reading in the classic pop tradition was one
that (Doris) Day in her prime might well have envied.”
-- Stephen Holden, The New York Times
“Thrilling! Oberlin is as lovely to look at as she is to hear… A
Christmas tree angel named Karen Oberlin is lighting up the
Algonquin’s Oak Room with a show that sends you out humming.
Subtle, elegant and musically spot on, Karen Oberlin is such a
welcome addition to the often noisy and pointless cabaret scene
that one can even imagine her accompanied by a celesta without
causing the slightest hint of boredom... Breathless when the
song is as romantic as a country road, then forceful and full-
speed-ahead when the mood turns onto a musical freeway, (her
singing) rings true and funny and flawless. She’s a keeper!”
--
Rex Reed, New York Observer