Karen

Karen George has been teaching in public schools for over 20 years. After holding an interim position at A&M International University in Laredo, Texas, as the string professor and Music Theory instructor, she became the orchestra director at Wood Middle School in NEISD, where she worked for four years, building an accomplished program.

In 2008, Mrs. George opened Claudia Taylor Johnson High School as the orchestra director. During her time there, she built a program of excellence with multiple Sweepstakes ratings each year among the four competing groups that participated in UIL Concert and Sight Reading Competition. In addition, her string orchestra was a finalist in the TMEA Honor Orchestra competition in 2013, and the full orchestra was a finalist three times at the TMEA Honor Full Orchestra competition. In 2016, her string orchestra was invited to perform at The Midwest Clinic, the first for a high school string orchestra in the North East district. In 2022, her Full Orchestra was invited to perform at The Midwest Clinic, the first for any full orchestra in San Antonio.

In addition to her teaching in public schools, she conducted one of the seven orchestra ensembles for the Youth Orchestras of San Antonio and judged ensembles at various competitions. A violinist, she performed in the Corpus Christi Symphony and in the Victoria Symphony and spent a summer touring with the American Institute for Musical Studies (AIMS) in Graz, Austria.

After being the head orchestra director of a very successful high school program for 16 years, Mrs. George decided to move to a position as the assistant orchestra director at Bradley Middle School, where one of her daughters currently attends. Moving to this position allows her the opportunity to offer her expertise to elevate other orchestra programs. She is very excited about the prospect of coaching orchestra teachers to help cultivate a positive and effective learning environment in the classroom.