Meet Carol

This Wisconsin native holds degrees in music and arts administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and additional graduate violin performance degrees from Northern Illinois University.

Ms. Kalvonjian has performed with many orchestras, including the Metropolis Symphony, Lake Forest Symphony, Chicago Sinfonietta, Chicago Jazz Philharmonic, Chicagoland Pops Orchestra, Ballet Legere, and American Ballet Theatre. She is the newest member of Jim Gailloreto’s Jazz String Quintet, a collaboration of Chicago-based HAWK string quartet and soprano saxophone. In addition to live radio broadcasts on WFMT (Chicago) and CBC (Canada), she performs with the Chicago Philharmonic and the Ravinia Festival Orchestra. Other summer festival appearances include the Spoleto Festival USA (Charleston, SC), Scotia Festival of Music (Halifax, Nova Scotia), Colorado Music Festival (Boulder, CO), and Woodstock Mozart Festival (Woodstock, IL).

Carol has appeared with many pop, jazz, and touring acts such as Andrea Bocelli, Bernadette Peters, Sarah Brightman, The Three Tenors, The Three Irish Tenors, The Three Polish Tenors, The Pointer Sisters, Leslie Uggams, Michael Buble, Dennis DeYoung, Renee Olstead, Smokey Robinson, Marco Antonio Solis, Michael Feinstein, Kurt Elling, Gregory Harrison, Nia Peeples, Anne Murray, Natalie Cole, Al Jarreau, The Moody Blues, ELO, Yes, and Bread. She has enjoyed performing with the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago as well as collaborating in recital performances with recording artist Fareed Haque. Ms. Kalvonjian performs in the 2007 Infiniti in Black ad campaign featuring Chicago jazz trumpeter Orbert Davis. She appears on PBS Soundstage in the Faith Hill 2008 Christmas Special, and also on Oprah performing with Il Divo.

Hundreds of Artistrings clients have been impressed with the impeccable music and the attentive service provided by an accomplished professional musician with such strong administrative skills and business acumen.