Welcome to

Michael Kimber’s
VIOLA HOMEPAGE

and SoundpointMusic


Marian Wilson Kimber and Michael Kimber
after his last faculty recital at Southern Mississippi
(Photo by Alejandro Encinas)


In summer 2004 Dr. Michael Kimber moved to Iowa City with his
wife, Dr. Marian Wilson Kimber, associate professor of musicology
in the School of Music at the University of Iowa. He is a member
of the viola sections of the Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra and
the Quad City Symphony Orchestra, teaches at Coe College, and
continues to be active as a solo and chamber music performer and
composer. He was visiting professor of viola at the University of Iowa
for the spring semester 2007.

Formerly the viola professor at the University of Kansas and at the
University of Southern Mississippi, Dr. Kimber is also the creator
of the popular poly-pad shoulder rest for violin and viola and an
award-winning composer of music for strings.

To find out more about Dr. Kimber, his music, the poly-pad, and
a few other things that might interest string players, including a bit of
humor(?), please proceed to Michael Kimber’s VIOLA HOMEPAGE.

(The background music of this “welcome” page
is an excerpt from Kimber’s Fantasía Hispana.)



Michael Kimber’s “International” Viola Class at USM—Spring 2004
Front: Alejandro Salgado
Middle (L to R): Armine Hayrikyan, Gisela Rodriguez, Pablo Saelzer, Wesley Cole
Back (L to R): Sondra Román, Tomás Fajardo, Paula Krupiczewicz, Alejandro Encinas,
Joshua Yaeger, Maria Montaño
(Photo by Alejandro Encinas)