Carrie Bartsch Violinist from Los Angeles, CA

ENDORSEMENTS: "Strong principal player. The Beethoven was exquisite." -Victor Yampolsky, Maestro, Northwestern University Chamber Orchestra "She plays with a fierce, head-snapping intensity"--Mike Fornatale, Left Banke Lead Singer "She tells a story with her music" --James Riccardo, Teacher/Violinist, Soloist with St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra "We work well together. Great energy!" --Cee Lo Green, on tour with Gnarls Barkely BIOS: St. Olaf Orchestra alum, CARRIE BARTSCH, lives, loves and laughs music. She studied classical violin with Hanley Dawes, Rudolf Lekhter, and James Riccardo. She then performed around the United States, Canada and Eastern Europe, and by accident, went to Hollywood, stayed, and performed, toured and/or recorded first with Stew from TNP (Spike Lee's “Passing Strange”), then Gnarls Barkely, Brian Wilson, Love with Arthur Lee, Kanye West, 30 Seconds to Mars, Three Dog Night, The Left Banke, Apple Hill Chamber Music Ensembles (New Hampshire), and collaborated with some members of The Kinks and Dramarama, Jane's Addiction, the Krakow Philharmonic and whomoever asked, "Can you show up?" She appeared with Kanye West; the Crystal Cathedral orchestra; the TV show "House,"; David Benoit's Orchestra at the Kodak Theatre; the movie "Walk Hard"; and a Conan O'Brien Tonight Show episode. She recorded on several albums, TV show and movie tracks, including but not limited to the Ellen DeGeneres Show; Drawn Together and other fun cartoons; A & E biography specials; Nickelodeon shows; serious documentaries; and did movie stuff with Jack Black and Mandy Patinkin. She has also shared the stage with: David Bowie, Music Producer, Hal Wilner's, Saturday Night Live productions for Randy Newman and the Firesign Theatre; John C. Reilly; Jackson Browne; John Goodman; George Wendt; Kirsten Vangsness (Criminal Minds); Tom Lenk (Buffy); Sara Watkins (Nickel Creek); Gavin Friday, Victoria Williams; Tom Fowler (Ray Charles Trio); Ellen Greene (Little Shop of Horrors); Frank Conniff (Mystery Science Theater 3000); Mr. Show's Paul F. Tomkins; Samm Levine (Curb Your Enthusiasm); Jimmy Fallon; Todd Rundgren; Grant Lee Phillips, and other artists. She has also been engaged in musical theatre since age 5. She then succumbed to live comedy improv sketches via Comedy Central as Dave "Gruber" Allen's Scandinavian sidekick at Largo, the Upright Citizens Brigade, and the Steve Allen Theatre. Other credits include work with Jerry Seinfeld co-stars, Jay Leno writers, Sarah Silverman Show actors, and Curb Your Enthusiasm comedians. She also worked extensively with renowned Midwestern guitar fingerpicker and blues artist, James Van Nuys. MORE ENDORSEMENTS: "You made the string quartet with your passion." --Audience member at Gene Autry Museum Chamber Recital, Hollywood "You play well. Thank you for adding to my band." --Jared Leto, 30 Seconds to Mars "You keep it up, girl!" --David Bowie, Nokia Theatre at Times Square Show "Beautiful String Sound" --Brian Wilson during "Smile" rehearsals "I like your voice . . .cool . . .now, that was funny!" --comedian Dave "Gruber" Allen "This was the best musical experience I have ever had on my show" -Conan O'Brien, Tonight Show, 30 Seconds to Mars Now it's everything under the sun, all for you.

• (Other) World Music | Middle Eastern, African Palm Wine Music & Others, Irish & Scottish, Caribbean, European(Western/Eastern) nations, Scandinavian & Others
• Ain't Misbehavin' 1929 | Fats Waller
• Ave Maria(s) | Bach, Gounod, Shubert
• Baroque Solo/Chamber Music | Albinoni, Gabrieli & Others
• Brandenburg Concertos: All | Bach
• Canon in D | Pachelbel
• Celtic Music | Various Artists
• Children's Music: Traditional to Current | Various Composers
• Church Hymns & Music | Various Composers
• Classical Solo/Chamber Music | Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart,
• Crazy 1962 | Patsy Cline
• Crazy 2006 | Gnarls Barkley
• Danny Boy 1910 | Frederic Weatherly
• Dark Eyes 1897 | Russian Cabaret
• Don't Get Around Much | Duke Ellington
• Dust My Broom 1951 | Elmore James
• East Parkside | Scottish Waltz
• Folk Music | Pete Seeger, Kingston Trio, Peter Paul & Mary, James Taylor, John Denver, Judy Collins, Leonard Cohen & Others
• Four Seasons | Vivaldi
• Gypsy & Standard Jazz Music | Various Artists
• Hesitation Blues 1967 | Reverend Gary Davis
• How High The Moon 1951 | Les Paul-Mary Ford
• How Long Blues 1928 | Leroy Carr
• It's Only a Paper Moon | Ella Fitzgerald
• Key to The Highway 1940 | Big Bill Broonzy
• Know You Rider 1970 | Hot Tuna
• La Vie En Rose 1945 | Edith Piaf
• Latin Music | Joabim, Villa-Lobos, Chavez, Ponce,
• Living in the Country 1964 | Pete Seeger
• Lord Inchiquin 1700s | Tulough O'Carolan
• Midnight Hour Blues 1932 | Leroy Carr
• Mississippi Blues 1942 | Willie Brown
• Modern Solo/Chamber Music | Barber, Ravel, Stravinsky, Copland & Others
• Morrison's Jig c 1920 | James Morrison
• Musicals, Theatre, Broadway | Andrew Lloyd Webber, Bernstein, Cole Porter, Gershwin & Others
• Orange colored Sky 1950 | Nat King Cole
• Pavanne | Faure
• Peer Gynt, Humoresque & String Quartets | Grieg
• Planxty George Brabazon | Turlough O'Carolan
• Planxty Irwin 1700s | Turlough O'Carolan
• Pop Music | Beatles to Current Day
• Red Haired Boy | traditional fiddle tune
• Requiem For John Hurt 1968 | John Fahey
• Rights of Man | traditional hornpipe
• Romantic Solo/Chamber Music | Wagner, Wienawski, Mendelsohn, Strauss, Dvorak, Tchaikowsky, Brahms, Faure, Schumann, Saint Saens, Massenet,
• Scotch and Soda 1958 | Kingston Trio
• Si Tu Savais 1947 | Django Reinhardt
• Smile 1954 | Nat King Cole
• Sweet Georgia Brown 1938 | Django Reinhardt
• Tango Music | Gardel, Piazzola, Rodriguez & Others
• The Shepherd's Wife | Traditional Irish Waltz
• Volver 1934 | Carlos Gardel
• Wedding March(s), Water Music | Handel, Wagner
• Yiddish/Klezmer Music | Various Composers