SAN DIEGO ARTS : Music
A new weekly column about people and events in the arts community, compiled by The Times' arts writers in San Diego
Violist Karen Sanders, just appointed San Diego Symphony’s acting principal viola, is also the orchestra’s youngest member. The 21-year-old musician returned to the city after two years’ study at Philadelphia’s noted Curtiss Institute of Music and performing last season with the New American Chamber Orchestra in Detroit. A San Diego native, Sanders graduated from O’Farrell High’s School of Performing Arts. Her early orchestral training was with the local Civic Youth Orchestra under Marlin Owen.
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