Karen Ní Bhroin commenced her position as Assistant Conductor to Timothy Redmond and the Winston-Salem Symphony in 2020. Here, she also holds the position of Music Director to their Youth Orchestra program, she is also the conductor of Winston-Salem Symphony Youth Symphony. During the same season, Karen accepted the position of Associate Conductor/Visiting Professor at University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Ní Bhroin is from Co. Wexford, Ireland and is one of Ireland’s leading young conductors.

In 2019 Karen was appointed Assistant Director of the Akron Symphony Chorus, Ohio and made her debut with the Akron Symphony Orchestra in 2020.

During Fall 2019 Karen was invited by Winston-Salem Symphony, as guest assistant conductor for their opening concerts of the 2019/2020 season with then new music director, Timothy Redmond. Following this week, she was subsequently offered the full time position.

Ní Bhroin was RTÉ (Raidió Teilifís Éireann) Conductor in Training from 2016-2018 working with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra and RTÉ Philharmonic Choir in Dublin, Ireland. Here Karen worked with Chorus Master, Mark Hindley and the RTÉ Philharmonic Choir along with Principal Guest Conductor, Nathalie Stutzmann.