Live Music and Karaoke with Kara Hanson

Enjoy a musical performance in our Skyline Lounge featuring Professional Singer Ms. Kara Hanson. There will be an array of musical genres performed including Pop, Jazz, Musical Theatre, Indie Rock, and Opera. The stage will be open to singers of all levels and abilities! You can Karaoke with a DJ and perform your favorite songs! Bring your best pipes, friends, and enjoy delicious signature cocktails! Nervous about singing solo?

Mrs. Kara Hanson, mezzo-soprano, received her Bachelor’s Degree in music with an emphasis on voice and piano with a minor in music theory and linguistics from the prestigious University of North Texas College of Music. Over the course of her studies, she received seven scholarships for her musical ability. As a performer, Mrs. Kara has graced the stages of Asia numerous times and across the United States. She performed with Take Five – the Dave Brubeck Quartet, in their farewell concert. A professional choral singer, she has performed for multiple American Choral Directors Association conferences, Texas Music Educators Association conferences, and international Choral Festival abroad two times.

In 2008, Mrs. Kara founded “Neat Beats,” a non-profit after-school children’s music program in Dallas, Texas, and served as the director until 2010. Mrs. Kara began teaching at the Music Institute of North Texas, and in her 8 years there she was awarded “Top 20 Best Voice Teachers in Dallas, Texas” by Expertise 2016, 2017 & 2018. The following year, Ms. Kara was hired as Director of Music at Starwood Montessori and taught over 400 students weekly. Her choral program, hand bell choir, and recorder ensembles flourished. In 2014, she joined the voice faculty at the premier music school Lone Star Music Academy. LSMA was awarded “Winner of Best of Denton County for Music Lessons” in 2014, 2015, 2017, and in 2018. She is certified in the globally successful, early childhood learning program, Harmony Road. Her energy and personality are ideal for young and adult students alike, as early as age 6, or “itty bitties” as she affectionately calls them. Mrs. Kara’s students have been admitted to Berklee College of Music and the University of North Texas College of Music, made the District, Region, Area and Texas All-State Choir, ranked in the top 2 percentile in the state through the Carnegie Hall Royal Conservatory Achievement Program, received numerous ones and advanced to the State UIL Solo and Ensemble in Austin. She has a student with a record deal with producer Bill Curbishley and Track Records (The who, Judas Priest, Jimmy Page) in Las Angeles, CA, whose music videos have had over 300k views on YouTube. This year three students made the live semi finals for an international vocal competition, and two student have won the opportunity to perform solo at Carnegie Hall in NYC in 2021 and 2022. Her students have performed in hundreds of recitals, musicals, and continually placed in the top 3 in talent shows throughout her 14 years of teaching. Mrs. Kara has regularly kept a hybrid online and in person studio exceeding 70 students per week with a constant waitlist.

Mrs. Kara began venturing out in music business and is currently an active board member and voiceover consultant for the digital publishing company, DPI, in Dallas, Texas. When she is not active in her entrepreneurial pursuits, she enjoys in person and digitally teaching select talent out of her Milwaukee, Wisconsin studio. She is currently a commercial voice-over actor, active professional singer, and master teacher. In the midst of the global pandemic Mrs. Kara became a certified Life Coach to aid her students going through emotional struggles. She has taught adults, college students, and welcomes players and singers of all ages and levels. Her multicultural family gives her a unique global perspective that can be experienced in her innovative teaching methodologies. A believer in lifelong learning, Mrs. Kara stays active in the voice and piano teacher community through constant continuing education. In 2021, there was a lack of quality virtual events so Mrs. Kara founded VirtualMusicCompetitions.com. The competition first season was highly successful with highly qualified judges and her students taking top honors. Out of a need for expansion and to accommodate Mrs. Kara's surplus of students, she hand picked and trained four voice teachers in the tried and true methods she has developed. Mrs. Kara is a proud life-long mediator, certified life coach, life long meditator, self-love advocate, and devotes her whole heart to her students.

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