MICHAEL KIMBER, violist

Michael Kimber has performed throughout the U.S. and in Canada, Mexico, Australia, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, England, Spain, and Italy. He has been featured as a viola soloist on Australian Broadcasting Commission radio and on National Public Radio’s “Performance Today.” His experience includes concert tours as violist of the Kronos Quartet, fifteen years as violist of the Atlanta Virtuosi, twelve seasons as principal violist of the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra, ten seasons with Kansas City's Summerfest chamber series, over thirty solo appearances with orchestras, scores of solo recitals, and hundreds of chamber music performances.

His compositions have been acclaimed and performed both in the U.S. and abroad. Thousands of his poly-pad shoulder rests have been purchased by violinists and violists in all 50 states, D.C., and 21 foreign countries.

After twenty-five years as a viola professor, first at The University of Kansas and then at The University of Southern Mississippi, Dr. Kimber now resides in Iowa City, where his wife, Dr. Marian Wilson Kimber, is associate professor of musicology at The University of Iowa. He teaches viola at Coe College, is a member of the viola sections of both the Cedar Rapids and the Quad City Symphony Orchestras, and continues to be active as a solo and chamber music performer, teacher, and composer whose works are widely performed. He was visiting professor of viola at the University of Iowa for the spring semester 2007.

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