Oscars Arrangements
For the 2023 and 2024 seasons of the Oscars, Kara was hired by lead arranger Chris Walden (founder of the Pacific Jazz Orchestra) and music director Rickey Minor to arrange music for several nominated films. If a film wins, they play a recording of a new arrangement of their music as the producers walk on stage.
Kara’s arrangement of “Godzilla Minus One” played live at the 2024 Oscars
String Arrangement of LeAnn Rimes’s “Innocent”
Playing an impromptu duet with Elvis on Royal Caribbean’s Adventure of the Seas
Piano Performances
Conducting
Conducting the HBCB at the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, CA
Kara conducting an original composition at Warner Brothers Recording Studio in Hollywood, CA
Conducting “The Symphonic Gershwin” at Huntington Beach Central Park