Karen Kyriakou is a qualified and fully registered teacher. She holds a Bachelor of Music Education and a Masters of Music Education. Karen currently writes education programs for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Musica Viva Australia and the Melbourne Recital Centre, and runs the Community Engagement Program at the Australian National Academy of Music. 

Karen has played the violin since she was 6 years old, and loves playing lots of different styles of music, including classical music, folk music from around the world, and contemporary styles. She has written books for teachers that enable creative music making in instrumental lessons, and encourages students to be creating their own music as much as possible!

Having worked in special schools for over a decade, Karen has vast experience teaching students of all abilities, and enjoys working with culturally diverse communities. She has taught at Independent and Government schools and is also an Auslan (Australian Sign Language) user, and has been teaching music at a school for Deaf children for 15 years.