Who's Who at the Center for Young Musicians: Karen Schnatterly

Karen Schnatterly

Who’s Who at the Center for Young Musicians: Karen Schnatterly

 

A new school year will mean fresh faces at the Center for Young Musicians! We are excited to announce that new teachers for piano, cello and guitar will be joining the CYM family, bringing unique experiences and solid training in music education. And as always, we happily look forward to greeting new students and their families.

To help everyone get to know each other a little better, we’ll be posting short bios on all the CYM teachers and staff. Let’s have a round of applause for Karen Schnatterly, a CYM Administrator for nearly 10 years!

Karen Schnatterly grew up in Pittsburgh and attended Point Park University for Journalism. She lived and worked in Dallas, TX and San Diego, CA before returning to Pittsburgh. She began working at the Center for Young Musicians in May 2003.

Karen currently resides in the Pittsburgh area with her husband and two children. Her son and daughter started at CYM in the Early Childhood Music program and have played piano and violin for many years since then.

From keeping those adorable Folkmanis puppets in stock to unraveling complicated payment questions, Ms. Karen handles all things related to CYM’s retail and billing operations, as well as many, many, many other administrative tasks. As a music parent and long-time member of the CYM family, she also is a great source of information on our school’s policies, philosophy and approach to music education. We simply couldn't do it without her.

Q & A with CYM

CYM: Favorite piece of music to play and/or favorite composer?  

Ms. Karen:  Mozart.

 

CYM: Most memorable music performance you’ve experienced?

Ms. Karen: Gil Shaham at the NY Philharmonic, 1^st row front and center , I was utterly frozen in awe.

 

CYM: What is one thing people would be surprised to know about you?

Ms. Karen: I played a mean game of basketball back in the day.

 

CYM: What has music given you?

Ms. Karen:  It has expanded my ability to think in color.

 

CYM: Favorite treat to eat?

Ms. Karen: Trail mix with lots of variety.