Kara Tann joined the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra in 2021. She has a B.A. in Music Education from Eastern Mennonite University and a Masters of Education, with a concentration in Music from Arcadia University. Kara has taught private violin lessons and school orchestra professionally since 2008, including in Philadelphia, PA and Newton, KS. She currently teaches violin and viola at the Northeast Iowa School of Music in Dubuque. She has also performed with the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra, Newton Mid-Kansas Symphony, and Hutchison Symphony.
Kara is the conductor of the String Ensemble and Philharmonia groups as part of the Dubuque Symphony Youth Ensembles.
