Kara Brusven

Upcoming Events

Date	Event	Location
Friday, March 24 @ 7:30PM (EDT, UTC-04) Fri, Mar 24 @ 7:30PM (EDT, UTC-04)	Janelle Finton's Senior Recital Clarke Recital Hall, Coral Gables, FL 33146	Clarke Recital Hall, Coral Gables, FL 33146
Monday, April 3 @ 5:00PM — 6:15PM Mon, Apr 3 @ 5:00PM — 6:15PM	Kara Brusven - Masters Recital for Classical Guitar Clarke Recital Hall, Coral Gables, FL 33146	Clarke Recital Hall, Coral Gables, FL 33146

Multi-Genre Guitarist • Composer • Instructor

“By the time she finishes graduate school, Kara will be the kind of player seen in studios and on stages doing everything everywhere.”

— ALLEN CARTER

“Kara pulls from a range of genres, with classical guitar rising to the top, and is unwavering in putting in the work for a successful performance.”

— TITUS TORKELSON

Artist Biography

Multi-Genre Guitarist • Composer • Instructor

Multi-genre guitarist, Kara Brusven, draws you into a shared world with herself as she expresses thoughts and emotions through her instrument. With a background steeped in classical and jazz idioms, Kara demonstrates an unwavering resolve to look beyond technicality for results that are truly musical and inspirational. Her first EP, released in 2021 and titled “Two Halves of One Whole”, materializes this desire while also exposing listeners to both jazz and classical genres within the same medium. Additionally, at the young age of twenty-three, Kara has gained over ten years of musical experience in both the recording studio and on stage. This depth of experience has granted her the opportunity to perform alongside the renowned session trumpetist Chuck Findley and to also be featured as a musician on ABC’s WDAY-TV and UTVS Monday Night Live. Currently, Kara is pursuing a graduate degree in performance at Frost Institute of Music at the University of Miami. Beyond her graduate studies, Kara performs live and teaches frequently while collaborating on various recording projects with artists from across the country.

Full Bio

Latest Release

About “Two Halves of One Whole”

“Two Halves of One Whole” is a significant release for Kara as a musician. In addition to being her first EP, this recording also marks the end of her undergraduate studies in Minnesota and the beginning of her graduate studies in Miami at the renowned Frost Institute of Music. Her goal with this EP is to expand the taste of the listener while also representing two contrasting genres, jazz and classical, as accurately as possible as both a performer and a composer/arranger. As the title suggests, being able to appreciate and understand both of these genres of music is meant to contribute to a more complete or “whole” listening experience for her audience.