Karen Sokolof Javitch

Singer/Songwriter

Karen’s creations include 15 albums of her original songs. Also, she has co-written 4 musicals and was the creator and co-host of a popular Omaha radio show, “It’s the Beat.” Her musicals include “Princess Diana the Musical,” “From Generation to Generation,” “Love! at the Café” and “Surprise, the Musical”. These shows have been performed in many cities in the United States. In addition, Ms. Javitch has raised over $350,000 for national and local charities with her original music. Her songs have appeared in 4 movies and 3 TV shows (2 national). She has been the subject of many national articles and interviews around the country.

Karen songs can be purchased from iTunes.

Karen’s Story

Karen’s passion is writing songs and creating musicals out of her songs. She greatly admired Princess Diana so she wrote a touching musical about her with author Elaine Jabenis. They also wrote the family musical,From Generation to Generation together. These two musicals have been playing in cities all over the country. Karen has two other musicals and more than 15 albums to her name. (see the album covers below) She is an award-winning songwriterand her songs have been in 3 movies! Her arranger is Mannheim Steamroller’s Chuck Penington. She records in Omaha with Grammy-nominated engineer Tom Ware. And don’t forget to go to you tube to enjoy her 80 plus videos – some of them have gone viral! She hopes that you love her music as much as she loves writing and recording it! She has met some wonderful people through her music and she hopes to continue to raise money for various causes with her music. “One of my greatest joys is watching people get into my songs while we’re on stage singing them! Thanks to all of my wonderful singers who has been with me on stage and recorded with me for many years!”

News

Check out the latest Karen’s Songs news and articles about Karen from sources all over the internet!

Albums

Gallery

: Karen gives her musical CD: "From Generation to Generation" to television host, Jay Leno.

: Karen meets Princess Diana's brother, Charles Spencer, at Kensington Palace. "This was July 1, 2007 when her sons - Prince William and Prince Harry gave a concert for her on what would have been her 46th birthday.

: l. to r., Eric Crouch, Heisman Trophy winner 2000, radio dj Dave Webber, Miss Nebraska 2000, Karen and tv and movie actor, John Beasley. they all performed in one of Karen's shows - Surprise! the Musical.

: Chuck Penington, Karen's music arranger and music conductor for Mannheim Steamroller, Karen and Eric Crouch.

: l. to r., Karen, Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson, who sings on a Nebraska celebrity album of hers, and Elaine Jabenis, Karen's co-writer for two of her musicals.

: Karen, her daughter, Rachel and Sam Micklus, the founder of "Odyssey of the Mind", a creative problem-solving program for students of all ages. She wrote their theme song, and her OM team performed her song: "OM - It's Creativity" for a crowd of 10,000 at one of their World Finals.

: Professor Elie Wiesel and Karen. The Professor was a world-famous Holocaust survivor who lost his mother and father and sister in the camps. He went on to write more than 50 books about his harrowing experiences. Professor Wiesel was a writer, political activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner. When Karen met him in her hometown of Omaha, she was fortunate enough to sing a song she had written for him: 'Tell Our Children Now.'