Karen has been a occasional member of the band since 2023, playing B♭ Bass. She also plays E♭ Bass in the Community Band. A lifelong musician, she studied at Trinity Laban, where her principal studies were piano and double bass, and she works as Head of Music in a Secondary Academy in Croydon. Karen has also completed an MA at the University of Sheffield, researching music and dyslexia. When she’s not playing in the band, she can often be found playing double bass in orchestras, accompanying musicians on piano and harp, or playing the organ at churches.