Michael Kimber
Viola

Violist Michael Kimber is a member of the Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra and the Quad City Symphony Orchestra, teaches viola at Coe College, is on the Performing Artists Roster of the Iowa Arts Commission, and is an active member of the Iowa Composers Forum.

He has performed widely in North America, Europe, and Australia with ensembles as diverse as the Kronos Quartet, the Atlanta Virtuosi, and the Oread Baroque Ensemble. As a viola soloist he has been heard on Australian Broadcasting Commission programs and on National Public Radio's "Performance Today," and often performs recitals of his own music for solo viola.

During a long career as a viola professor, first at The University of Kansas, then at The University of Southern Mississippi, he also served as principal violist of the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra, the Kansas City Camerata, and the Meridian Symphony Orchestra.