Karen Goh was born in Houston, Texas. She started piano lessons at the age of 3, and violin at the age of 6. She joined the Houston Youth Symphony at age 10, and the Greater Houston Youth Orchestra at age 14. She made it into the Texas All-State Orchestra all four years in high school, and received the Paderewski Award for completing ten years of the National Guild of Piano Teachers. Karen can play by ear and has perfect pitch. She has also recently started writing music on guitar.When she was fourteen, she started writing her own compositions and performed her songs at school, church, and for family and friends. During her senior year in high school, she entered an Independent School District Composition Contest & a local Music Institute Composition Contest, and entered her composition for orchestra and piano, titled "Serenity". The piece won first place for both, and was performed by four orchestras at the District Festival 2001, at the Coleman Coliseum in Houston, Texas.She is currently a session violinist/pianist/vocalist and is also working on her first album, ’Thank You’.
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