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Karin Hallberg
(541) 346-5694
hallberg@uoregon.edu

Karin Hallberg is the interim director of the Community Music Institute and string pedagogy instructor at University of Oregon in Eugene. She formally was coordinator of the Suzuki String Program at Northern Arizona University and instructor of violin from 1994-2007. In addition, she was principal violin II in the Flagstaff Symphony and a regular performer with the NAU Faculty Chamber Music Series. Hallberg has been a clinician at Suzuki Workshops in Bermuda, Nevada, Montana, Hawaii, Oregon, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, and Puerto Rico. Hallberg was an instructor of violin at MacPhail Center for the Arts in Minneapolis before moving to Flagstaff in 1994. There she regularly performed with Minnesota Opera and the Plymouth Music Series under Philip Brunelle.

Hallberg received her Master of Arts degree with a Suzuki Pedagogy emphasis from the University of Denver. Her major teachers were James Maurer, Paul Rolland, Stephen Clapp, and Sergiu Luca. She attended University of Illinois, the University of Denver, and Aspen Music Festival. Her Suzuki training has been influenced by Louise Scott, William Starr, John Kendall, Louise Behrend, James and Jacquelyn Maurer, and Mark Bjork.

Hallberg was a recipient of the Shar Distinguished Young Teacher Award in 1986. She recently completed the M.Ed. in Counseling and Human Relations from Northern Arizona University. In her spare time, she is an Arizona Site Steward and enjoys hiking in the areas in the Southwest.