Karen Gottlieb, harp
performs regularly with the San Francisco Symphony as second harpist.  She has toured extensively with them on their USA, European and Asian tours and has performed on many of their recordings and DVDs.  Since 1992 she has been a member of the SF Symphony-'AIM' ensembles including 4 Sounds, Strings and Things and Silver and Gold, Plus. She is the harpist for the Skywalker Recording Symphony and served for 20 years as principal harpist with the California Symphony, until 2008. Ms. Gottlieb received her Bachelors degree at the University of Washington in Seattle and her Masters in Performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music. She is on the faculty of San Francisco State University and Mills College.