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Karen Burciaga Violinist from Medford, MA

Will travel up to 80 miles

  • Avg 5.0 | 87 Reviews
  • 201 Verified Bookings
  • Member Since 2013
  • 14 Awards & Badges
  • Virtual Services Offered
  • Accepts Online Payment
  • Starting at $200 per event

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Karen Burciaga is a versatile violinist and fiddler based north of Boston. She performs classical music, pop songs, Celtic tunes and movie themes in many different settings including concert halls, churches, historic homes and colonial taverns. Karen often plays with cello, classical guitar, harp, or bagpipes but is always available for solo engagements. A classically trained musician with a Master of Music degree, Karen has also explored various folk fiddle traditions and has studied Renaissance and Baroque music extensively. She plays with Seven Times Salt, an early music ensemble dedicated to music of the 16th-17th centuries. Her Celtic band, Ulster Landing, presents folk music of Ireland, Scotland, Brittany and Cornwall on fiddle, harp, Uilleann (Irish) pipes and bouzouki. For seven years she was the fiddler for Newpoli, an award-winning Southern Italian folk band. In addition, her knowledge of classical violin repertoire gives her a wide variety of music to select from. Karen is happy to work with clients to find just the right music for each and every occasion.

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Review by Deb S.

Bridal ShowerReviewed on September 25, 2024From Plymouth, MA

We were absolutely enchanted by Karen's performance at my daughter's bridal shower. Her music added a magical touch to the celebration, creating an atmosphere of elegance and joy. Each piece was played with such grace and emotion, leaving our guests in awe. Karen truly made the day unforgettable with her exceptional talent and beautiful melodies. Highly recommended for any special occasion!

Review by Andrew S.

Wedding CeremonyReviewed on October 17, 2022From North Andover, MA

What can we even say! Karen was absolutely fantastic! We reached out weeks before our wedding, she did such a kind call, sent a list of music she could play, and took our recommendations, which she played beautifully! She was so thoughtful in e-mails. She was incredible at the event and played so beautifully. She had to leave at a specific time for a concert that night and played until the last second. If you are considering hiring a violinist for any event, she is truly the best! Thank you Karen for being so truly wonderful! Truly perfect from start to finish!

Review by Jennifer F.

Wedding CeremonyReviewed on June 21, 2016From Charlton, MA

Such amazing talent! Karen was very professional and helped me chose songs for our wedding - she even chose some for me when I couldn't decide. So many people came up to me after the ceremony to tell me how fantastic she was and how much they enjoyed her music. Karen found me after the ceremony to shake my hand and congratulate us - very friendly, professional. Just awesome! Thank you so much Karen!

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  • A Dream is a Wish your Heart Makes | from Walt Disney's "Cinderella"
  • A Million Dreams | from "The Greatest Showman"
  • A Thousand Years | Christina Perri
  • A Whole New World | from "Aladdin"
  • All I Ask of You from "Phantom of the Opera" | Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • All I Want is You | U2
  • All my Loving | Lennon/McCartney
  • All of Me | John Legend
  • All of Me | sung by Frank Sinatra
  • All to Myself | Dan and Shay
  • All You Need is Love | Beatles
  • Always Look on the Bright Side of Life | from "Life of Brian"
  • Always on My Mind | sung by Willie Nelson
  • Amazing Grace | Traditional
  • Annie's Song | John Denver
  • Arioso | J.S. Bach
  • As Time Goes By | from "Casablanca"
  • Ashokan Farewell | Jay Ungar
  • At Last | sung by Etta James
  • Banish Misfortune | trad. Irish
  • Be Thou My Vision | trad. Irish
  • Beautiful Crazy | Luke Combs
  • Beautiful Day | U2
  • Beauty Charming, Fair and Young | Scottish traditional
  • Best Day of my Life | American Authors
  • Better Together | Jack Johnson
  • Beyond the Sea | Bobby Darin
  • Blackbird | The Beatles
  • Bless the Broken Road | Rascal Flatts
  • Blue Skies | Irving Berlin
  • Both Sides Now | Joni Mitchell
  • By and By | Caamp
  • Can You Feel the Love Tonight from "The Lion King" | Elton John
  • Can't Help Falling in Love | sung by Elvis Presley
  • Canon in D | Johann Pachelbel
  • Chasing Cars | Snow Patrol
  • Come, Come, Whoever you Are | poem by Rumi
  • Concerning Hobbits | from "The Hobbit"
  • Count on Me | Bruno Mars
  • Dances with Wolves | main theme
  • Daylight | Taylor Swift
  • Dirty Water | The Standells
  • Dodi Li | text from Song of Songs
  • Don't Stop Believin' | Journey
  • Electric Love | BØRNS
  • Enchanted | Taylor Swift
  • Erev Shel Shoshanim | Yosef Hadar
  • Everything | Michael Buble
  • Faithfully | Journey
  • Falling Slowly | from "Once"
  • Fanny Power | trad. Irish
  • Fields of Gold | Sting
  • Flowers of Edinburgh | Scottish traditional
  • Fly Me to the Moon | sung by Frank Sinatra
  • Footprints in the Sand | Leona Lewis
  • For the Dancing and the Dreaming | from "How to Tame Your Dragon"
  • For the Love of a Princess | from "Braveheart"
  • Forrest Gump | "Feather" theme
  • From a Distance | Bette Midler
  • From this Moment On | Shania Twain
  • Game of Thrones theme | Ramin Djawadi
  • Gartan Mother's Lullaby | Irish traditional
  • Gigantic | The Pixies
  • God Only Knows | The Beach Boys
  • Grow Old with You | from "The Wedding Singer"
  • Hallelujah | Leonard Cohen
  • Halo | Beyonce
  • Happy Together | The Turtles
  • Hard Earth | from "Rob Roy"
  • Harvest Moon | Neil Young
  • Haste to the Wedding | Irish traditional
  • Hava Nagila | Jewish folk song
  • He's a Pirate | from "Pirates of the Caribbean"
  • Here Comes the Sun | The Beatles
  • Here, There and Everywhere | sung by the Beatles
  • Ho Hey | The Lumineers
  • Home | Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
  • Hornpipe from Water Music | G.F. Handel
  • How Deep is Your Love | Bee Gees
  • How Sweet it is to be Loved by You | James Taylor
  • Hymne à l'amour | Edith Piaf
  • I Choose You | Sara Bareilles
  • I Could Fall in Love | Selena
  • I Do | Colbie Caillat
  • I Dreamed a Dream | from "Les Miserables"
  • I Get to Love You | Ruelle
  • I Gotta Feeling | Black Eyed Peas
  • I Have Loved You | Michael Joncas
  • I Will | Beatles
  • I'll Be There For You (Friends) | The Rembrandts
  • I'm Yours | Jason Mraz
  • Invisible String | Taylor Swift
  • Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring | J.S. Bach
  • Jump | Van Halen
  • Jurassic Park | main theme
  • Just Breathe | Pearl Jam
  • Just the Way You Look Tonight | sung by Frank Sinatra
  • Kiss de Girl | from "The Little Mermaid"
  • Kiss From a Rose | Seal
  • La Vie en Rose | Edith Piaf
  • Lass o' Peatie's Mill | Scottish traditional
  • Last Dance | Sarah McLachlan
  • Last of the Mohicans theme | D. MacLean
  • Legend of Zelda - various themes | various
  • Let It Go | from "Frozen"
  • Like I'm Gonna Lose You | Meghan Trainor
  • Love Me Like You Do | Ellie Goulding
  • Love Story | Taylor Swift
  • Love Will Keep Us Alive | The Eagles
  • Lover | Taylor Swift
  • Lovers' Waltz | Jay Ungar
  • Lucky | Jason Mraz
  • Mairie's Wedding | trad. Scottish
  • Make You Feel My Love | Bob Dylan/Adele
  • Man in the Mirror | sung by Michael Jackson
  • Marry Me | Train
  • Marry You | Bruno Mars
  • Matchmaker, Matchmaker | from "Fiddler on the Roof"
  • May It Be | from "The Lord of the Rings"
  • Mirrors | Justin Timberlake
  • Moon River | Henry Mancini
  • More | from "Mondo Cane"
  • Morning Has Broken | Cat Stevens
  • Mrs Darcy | from "Pride and Prejudice"
  • My Darling Asleep | trad. Irish
  • My Girl | The Temptations
  • My Heart Will Go On | from "Titanic"
  • Nothing Else Matters | Metallica
  • Oceans | Hillsong United
  • Ode to Joy | L. van Beethoven
  • On Eagle's Wings | Michael Joncas
  • Once Upon a Dream | from "Sleeping Beauty"
  • One Hand, One Heart from "West Side Story" | Leonard Bernstein
  • Perfect | Ed Sheeran
  • Photograph | Ed Sheeran
  • Portuguese Love Theme | from "Love Actually"
  • Pretty Woman | Roy Orbison
  • Pure Imagination (from Willy Wonka) | Gene Wilder / Timothee Chalamet
  • Rainbow Connection | from "The Muppet Movie"
  • Rewrite the Stars | from "The Greatest Showman"
  • Rights of Man | trad. Irish
  • River Flows in You | Yiruma
  • Santeria | Sublime
  • Say You Won't Let Go | James Arthur
  • Shake It Off | Taylor Swift
  • Sheep May Safely Graze | J.S. Bach
  • Shelter from the Storm | Bob Dylan
  • Shipping Up to Boston | Dropkick Murphys
  • Signed, Sealed, Delivered | Stevie Wonder
  • Siman Tov Mazel Tov | Jewish traditional
  • Simple Gifts | trad. Shaker song
  • Sky Full of Stars | Coldplay
  • Skye Boat Song | Scottish
  • So This is Love | from Walt Disney's "Cinderella"
  • Someday my Prince will Come | from Walt Disney's "Snow White"
  • Someone Like You | Adele
  • Something Just Like This | Coldplay
  • Somewhere Only We Know | Keane
  • Somewhere over the Rainbow | from "The Wizard of Oz"
  • Songbird | Fleetwood Mac
  • Speak Now | Taylor Swift
  • Speak Softly Love | from "The Godfather"
  • Spring from the Four Seasons | Antonio Vivaldi
  • Stand by Me | Ben E. King
  • Star Wars - various themes | John Williams
  • Stay With Me | Sam Smith
  • Strangers in the Night | sung by Frank Sinatra
  • Summertime | George Gershwin
  • Sunrise, Sunset | from "Fiddler on the Roof"
  • Sweet Child o' Mine | Guns n' Roses
  • Take Five | Dave Brubeck
  • Tale as Old as Time | from "Beauty and the Beast"
  • Tennessee Whiskey | Chris Stapleton
  • Thank God | Kane Brown
  • That's Amore | sung by Dean Martin
  • The Bannered Mare | from "Skyrim"
  • The Circle of Life | from "The Lion King"
  • The Detectorists | main theme
  • The Greatest Love of All | sung by Whitney Houston
  • The Luckiest | Ben Folds
  • The Mandalorian | main theme
  • The Only Exception | Paramore
  • The Power of Love | Celine Dion
  • The Prayer | sung by Celine Dion
  • The Way We Were | Barbra Streisand
  • The Wedding Song (There is Love) | Paul Stookey
  • The Wexford Carol | Irish
  • Think of Me from "Phantom of the Opera" | Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • Thinking Outloud | Ed Sheeran
  • Through the Eyes of Love | from "Ice Castles"
  • Time after Time | Cyndi Lauper
  • Time to Say Goodbye | Andrea Bocelli
  • Times Like These | Foo Fighters
  • Today was a Fairytale | Taylor Swift
  • Trumpet Voluntary | Jeremiah Clarke
  • Tumbalalaika | trad. Jewish
  • Unchained Melody | The Righteous Brothers
  • Unforgettable | Natalie Cole
  • Uptown Funk | Bruno Mars
  • Us and Them | from "Downton Abbey"
  • Viva la Vida | Coldplay
  • Watermark | Enya
  • Wedding march (Bridal Chorus) from "Lohengrin" | Wagner
  • Wedding March from "Midsummer Night's Dream" | Felix Mendelssohn
  • What a Wonderful World | sung by Louis Armstrong
  • When You Wish Upon a Star | from "Pinocchio"
  • Wildest Dreams | Taylor Swift
  • With a Little Help from My Friends | Beatles
  • Wonderful Tonight | Eric Clapton
  • Yellow | Coldplay
  • You Are My All in All | Dennis Jernigan
  • You Are the Best Thing | Ray LaMontagne
  • You Are the Reason | Calum Scott
  • You Make My Dreams Come True | Hall & Oates
  • You Raise Me Up | sung by Josh Groban
  • You'll Be in My Heart | from "Tarzan"
  • You'll Never Walk Alone | from "Carousel"
  • You're Still the One | Shania Twain
  • Zelda's Lullaby | from "The Legend of Zelda"

Booked Events 

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Upcoming Events

December 22, 2024 • concert
Sun4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Beverly Farms, MA
December 24, 2024 • church service
Tue4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Dorchester, MA
December 24, 2024 • church service
Tue6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Dorchester, MA
December 24, 2024 • church service
Tue9:00 PM - 10:00 PM Newport, RI
December 29, 2024 • private event
Sun3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Newton, MA
January 4, 2025 • wedding & cocktail hour
Sat3:30 PM - 5:30 PM Gloucester, MA
January 4, 2025 • wedding reception
Sat7:30 PM - 8:30 PM Concord, NH
January 16, 2025 • concert
Thu1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Newton, MA
January 24, 2025 • private event
Fri4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Weymouth, MA
January 31, 2025 • English country dance
Fri7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Cambridge, MA
April 5, 2025 • Wedding Ceremony
Sat6:00 PM - 6:45 PM East Bridgewater, MA
September 27, 2025 • Wedding Ceremony
Sat3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Westminster, MA

Past Events

December 21, 2024 • concert
Sat7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Watertown, MA
December 19, 2024 • Holiday Party
Thu5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Belmont, MA

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