The Hastings Chamber Players, directed by Karine Stone, have distinguished themselves by providing the finest, freshest chamber music in Rochester since 1992. Comprised of the most experienced professional musicians in the area, we combine the highest level of classical expertise with a thorough knowledge of religious music, jazz, tango, and pop music.

Karine Stone is an active recitalist, chamber musician, teacher, orchestral conductor, and arts administrator. An experienced orchestral musician as well, Karine was a member of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, an acting concertmaster of the Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, and performed in the first violins of the Santo Domingo Music Festival, the Todi Music Festival, and the Skaneateles Festival. She has performed as principal second of the Rochester Oratorio Society, first violinist of the RPO Educational Quintet and concertmaster of the Finger Lakes Symphony. She continues to perform frequently in the second violins of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.

Through her freelance work, Karine has provided backup violin for artists such as Josh Groban, The TransSiberian Orchestra, Harry Connick Jr., Johnny Mathis, Wayne Newton, and the Capitol Saxophone Quartet. For over a decade, Karine was a member of the conducting faculty of the Eastman Community Music School where she served as music director of the Eastman Youth String Orchestra, the Eastman Youth Chamber Soloists, the New Horizons String Orchestra, and the New Horizons Symphonic Orchestra. She was also the founder and music director of the Eastman Kaleidoscope Community Orchestra. Karine was an adjunct faculty member at RIT for many years, teaching violin and viola, and performing as concertmaster of the RIT Orchestra. She currently teaches violin and viola in her private studio and at the Harley School.

Through her extensive administrative and creative work as the first violinist and the Executive & Artistic Director of the non-profit Gibbs & Main, Karine is committed to keeping chamber music alive in Rochester through innovative programming, commissioning new works from New York State composers for the annual EuphoNY series, and designing “Kidsemble” concerts, interactive performances which are known for being meaningful to both children and adults.

As the director of the Hastings Chamber Players, Karine brings her extensive musical knowledge, experience and creative skills with programming to a personal level, providing music of the highest quality appropriately organized and performed for unique events in the greater Rochester community.