Testimonials
“Karen Olson is much more than an extremely gifted composer and musician; she is a sound healer and visionary artist. Her compositions and music are beautiful, heartfelt and always a soulful healing balm for body, mind and spirit.”
— Dr. Michael Brant DeMaria, 4-time Grammy Nominee, Sound Healing Artist and Integrative Psychologist
“Karen Olson is an artist who invites the depth of feeling, emotion and beauty to live in our listening hearts. As a great musician and a sensitive composer, she combines the richness of the viola with the inner warmth of peace and tranquility. Her music is a true panacea for stress.”
— Don Campbell, author of The Mozart Effect
“Karen’s book SoundPath, is a valuable resource for all who are interested in the healing role that sound, and frequency plays in our lives … So read and learn and live.”
– Bernie Sigel, MD, New York Times Best-Selling author of Love, Medicine and Miracles, and a Mind Body Medicine Pioneer
“Karen’s music is ethereal and expressive beyond words. Emanating from deep within her soul, unique heartfelt interpretations and exquisitely refined musicianship synergize and offer an unparalleled, unforgettable, incredibly moving musical experience.”
— Barry Bittman, MD CEO Yamaha Music & Wellness Institute
“Karen Olson uses her extraordinary gifts to play the right notes to unleash the music inside of you that can change your life. Karen’s love and talent has even helped paralyzed people find feeling again when they tap into the waves of her inner music. I highly recommend that you find the music for change inside of you.”
–- Nicolette P.,Nurse Practitioner
“Working with Karen Olson and her SoundPath Method™ has been a transformative experience. Her customized music frequencies unfreeze the traumatic childhood memories and tensions that were stuck in my body and mind. Each time, I feel the vibrations dissolve the frozen emotions and fill those areas with harmony and love, and I am finally free.”
— T.V. International Women’s Empowerment Leader and Influencer, Small Business Owner and Motivational Speaker
“Karen Olson provided a format that was both simple enough …and at the same time stimulating. It was truly a moving and unifying experience. She also received high marks from our music therapists.”
— Nancy Sondag, MA, RDT/BCT, LCAT, CDP Rehab Institute of New York
“I was amazed by Karen’s ability to include everyone. She brought out a true sense of community where people could safely share feelings with one another.”
— Yoko Tafimi , MA , MT-DC, New York , NY
“Karen Olson has a multitude of talents that she brings to bear … With such clarity and command [she] brings her music to you with grace and the knowledge of an enlightened spirit willing to share her own glimpse of heaven.”
— Keith “MuzikMan” Hannaleck
“Emotional contemporary healing artist Karen Olson….[shares] her unique talent at using her viola to lift your spirits and magically transport you to new heights…. full rich tones reach down deep inside and help to mend your soul….[giving you] a superb sonic experience….full of healing energy and deeply emotional artistry.”
— Dick Metcalf, editor, Contemporary Fusion Reviews
“The true mastery of Karen Olson’ strings create a ream like state in an almost out of body experience through its tones … a true symphony for the soul … which allows us to reflect, to be moved, to float upon and bathe within a veritable musical waterfall, of blissful meditative ambience.”
— Steve Sheppard One World Music
“Karen’s music feels like a reverent journey….The subtly dramatic and meditative energy, brought out with the deep viola overtones….[was] truly incredible!”
— White Sun, Grammy Award Winner, Best New Age 2017
“Karen Olson’s evocative style of playing reflects her abiding need to reach into the inner most recesses of the listener’s mind and spread peace … I loved the feeling of utter peace I got listening to this album”
— Ricky Kej, Composer, Producer, Conservationist and Grammy Award Winner, New Age 2015
“Move over violin, off the stage cello, the viola has spoken in her unique voice and she is truly triumphant. Karen Olson has proven that the viola is a match for any instrument.”
— RJ Lannan Zone Music Reporter
“Using the viola as a lead instrument, my music loving friends, is not an easy task to accomplish, yet Karen Olson makes it sound like it is all very natural, [using] very concise musicianship in a flow that syncs with your inner voice and soul….with variety, depth, and healing.”
— Keith “MuzikMan” Hannaleck, New Age Music Reviews
“Karen’s music and vibrations touch my soul. Waves of love and emotion flow outwards, enveloping everyone as her music, and words, speak directly to the heart, opening and releasing emotions, filling your heart with love. Her music, energy and system invoke a deep soul awakening, joy, purity, and healing for all to experience. Soar with her as she plays …. Thank you, Karen for bringing your gifts to the world!”
—Theresa Popiolek, Artist
“Karen Olson has worked with me numerous times and she always has driven directly to the core of the issue – quickly and with great compassion. Most recently, Karen helped me through the grief and confusion of a miscarriage. She was able to pinpoint and change deep-seated beliefs that were causing me to feel guilt, resentment and pain. I have felt both emotional and physical transformations from Karen’s work and I highly recommend her as a practitioner to anyone who wants and needs to transform their life.”
— T.G., Actress, writer and mother