Karl Orvik

(He/him)

Karl Ørvik joined the Powers Music School as String Department Chair and violin/viola faculty in August of 2023. Since 1997 he has taught at numerous music schools, colleges and summer festivals across the country, and enjoys working with students of all ages and abilities. In addition to his role at Powers, he is also a professor of violin and viola at the University of New Hampshire and violinist with the New Hampshire Trio, a resident faculty ensemble at UNH. Karl has appeared in solo and chamber music recitals throughout the United States, as well as in Turkiye, Norway, South Korea and Canada. As the founding violinist of Trio Klaritas, he has performed in concert at the Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall and at the Tanglewood Music Center, as well as multiple venues in Boston, New York City and Los Angeles.

In the summers, Karl teaches and performs at UNH’s Summer Youth Music School, the Point Counterpoint music festival in Vermont, and at several Powers summer programs, including Music on the Hill and Sound Safari. In demand as a clinician and adjudicator, he is the author of New Scale Method and The Practice Partner, and has been published in the ASTA Journal. Karl has studied with many distinguished musicians, including Stephen Majeske, Calvin Wiersma and members of the Muir, Cleveland, Cavani and Fine Arts Quartets. He holds performance degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music and Lawrence University, and received his DMA in violin performance from Boston University, studying with Roman Totenberg.

Website: karlorvik.com