Karin Kajita Pianist from Seattle, WA
Will travel up to 100 miles
- Avg 5.0 | 28 Reviews
- 57 Verified Bookings
- Member Since 2016
- 8 Awards & Badges
- Virtual Services Offered
- Accepts Online Payment
- Starting at $200 per hour
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Karin is a gifted jazz and classical pianist who has made her home in the Seattle area for most of her adult life. She graduated from the University of Washington with degrees in music, piano performance and music education. She studied piano with Professor Neil O'Doan at the UW, jazz and jazz arranging with Bill Smith, and jazz piano with Jerry Gray, among others. Karin is the recipient of two Milnor Roberts scholarships, two Bainbridge Music and Art scholarships, and an Artist Support Grant from Jack Straw Productions. Karin recently took first place in the U.S. in the Golden Key composition contest. Karin has had a successful solo performing career with contracts as far away as Europe, Japan, Canada, New York, Denver and Salt Lake City. She has performed two or three times a week for the past sixteen years in the Atrium at 1201 3rd Avenue Tower, formerly known as Washington Mutual Tower. She plays at Kelnero, a bar in Edmonds on Sundays. She has played long term contracts at many of the hotels in the Seattle/Bellevue area, and at Snoqualmie Casino. Karin loves to take requests and interact with her audiences. She is popular at sing alongs and open mics as she knows over 1000 tunes by heart in a variety of genres including jazz, classical, tango, ragtime, Latin, novelty, dixieland and pop.
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Review by Amy L.
Private Party•Reviewed on December 19, 2024•From Gig Harbor, WA
Karin Kajita:
Hi Amy, thank you so much for the great review! I really enjoyed playing and talking to the kids. I hope your son keeps working on the piano. Lessons are not for everyone..,the important thing is that he be interested and invested in it. And put the time into it. If lessons don't detract from that, I would find him a teacher.Review by Liz M.
Corporate Function•Reviewed on December 13, 2024•From Seattle, WA
Review by Brad T.
Celebration•Reviewed on December 8, 2024•From Gig Harbor, WA
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- Nocturne in Eb Major | Frederic Chopin
- Prelude in G# Minor | Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Prelude in C Minor | J.S. Bach
- Fantaisie Impromptu | Frederic Chopin
- I'll Remember You | Elvis Presley
- Landslide | Stevie Nicks
- Overjoyed | Stevie Wonder
- Let It Go | "Frozen"
- Part of Your World | "The Little Mermaid"
- Send in the Clowns | Stephen Sondheim
- Poinciana | Ahmad Jamal
- The Summer Knows | "Summer of '42"
- Quando Quando Quando | Pat Boone
- Con te partiro | Andrea Bocelli
- Fallen | Lauren Wood
- Sunday Morning | Maroon Five
- Sway | Michael Buble
- Sweet Love | Anita Baker
- Through the Fire | Chaka Khan
- We're All Alone | Boz Scaggs
- Wedding Bell Blues | Laura Nyro
- When You Say Nothing at All | Allison Krauss
- Why Can't He Be You | Patsy Cline
- Angel Eyes | Jim Brickman
- Charade | Henry Mancini
- The Best of Times is Now | La Cage aux Folles
- Harlem Nocturne | Mel Torme
- Chiquitita | ABBA
- Come Back to Sorrento | Ernesto de Curtis
- Fields of Gold | Sting
- Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight | James Taylor
- The Girl from Ipanema | Antonio Carlos Jobim
- The Heart Asks for Pleasure First | "The Piano"
- How Come You Don't Call Me | Prince
- How Do You Keep the Music Playing | Barbra Streisand
- Eleanor Rigby | the Beatles
- Linus and Lucy | Vince Guaraldi
- Midnight at the Oasis | Maria Muldaur
- One Man's Dream | Yanni
- Nightingale | Yanni
- All I Ask of You | Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Frenesi | Benny Goodman
- Flamingo | Duke Ellington
- Happy | Pharrell Williams
- Hallelujah | Leonard Cohen
- Take Five | Dave Brubeck
- It's a Raggy Waltz | Dave Brubeck
- Blue Rondo a la Turk | Dave Brubeck
- You Make Me Feel So Young | Rosemary Cluny
- Tico Tico | Carmen Miranda
- Classical Gas | Mason Williams
- Drive My Car | the Beatles
- El Choclo | Angel Villoldo
- It's a Wonderful World | Louis Armstrong
- It Might as Well Be Spring | Brad Mehldau
- Perdido | Duke Ellington
- Take the "A" Train | Duke Ellington
- Someday My Prince Will Come | Bill Evans
- I Should Care | Bill Evans
- Show-Type Tune | Bill Evans
- Stompin' at the Savoy | Benny Goodman
- Parisian Thoroughfare | Bud Powell
- Embraceable You | George Gershwin
- A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square | Mel Torme
- Autumn Leaves | Ella Fitzgerald
- Black Coffee | Peggy Lee
- Georgia on My Mind | Ray Charles
- Unforgettable | Nat King Cole
- I've Got the World on a String | Frank Sinatra
- Harlem Nocturne | Glenn Miller
- Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans | Duke Ellington
- Blues in the Night | Harold Arlen
- I'll Be Seeing You | Billy Holiday
- Moonlight Serenade | Glenn Miller
- Just a Gigolo | Louis Prima
- Brother Can You Spare a Dime | Bing Crosby
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