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Beasley's selections reflect considerable intelligence and taste. 她精通四门语言 languages and vocal technique are consistently evident. 她的 care for words is reflected in her application of her palette of tone color and carefully shaded dynamics. 她的 Debussy is intoxicating while her performances of the Tchaikovsky and Strauss are 灼热而戏剧性. 她的 touch is light and charming in the rare Wolf-Ferrari pieces. 她的 pleasing voice has a warm tone and is evenly supported across its range.

Kimberly holds a Bachelor's in 音乐 Theatre from the University of Colorado, a Master of 音乐 from Valparaiso University and a post-graduate Certificate of Vocal Performance from Northwestern University where she studied with Sunny Joy Langton and coached 谢里尔·米尔斯.

她有 taught at Jacksonville University since 2008 and her students can be seen performing in Broadway tours, on cruise ships, as members of young artist programs, in television and film, as well as with equity theaters across the country. 她有 taught university courses in applied theory, opera scenes, vocal pedagogy, music theatre workshop, and opera history at Jacksonville University, Valparaiso University, Northwestern University, and the Graham School of the University of Chicago.

As a Director, Kimberly focuses on archival research and study to bring her shows 以及栩栩如生的人物. Research at Harvard and the 库尔特·威尔基金会 inspired her productions of Little Women, the 音乐al, which won awards for Best Actor and Best Scenic Design from Broadway World, and the Jacksonville premiere of Street Scene, an American Opera, which was awarded the University Performance grant in 2013 by the 库尔特·威尔基金会. Research at the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago was behind her recent production of 援助a, the 音乐al. Other productions include Into the Woods, Light in the Piazza, Les Misérables, Hot Mikado, Gianni Schicchi, A...My Name is Alice, A Grand Night for Singing, and Children of Eden. 她还写过 her own opera review entitled, Opera Goes Pop!, which was performed by Jacksonville 2014年的学生. The spring 2017 performance of There’s a Moon Out Tonight: Doo Wop Songs from 1954-1963 in the Black Box Theatre at JU was generously reviewed and recommended NPR新闻的格伦·费舍尔报道. In Chicago, she served as the music director, to critical acclaim, of a production of The Last Five Years for OneTheatre as well as music directing The Ballad of Baby Doe and Children of Eden for Valparaiso University. 其他学分包括 The Magic Flute, West Side Story, Hello, Dolly!, Fiddler on the Roof, and Barber of 塞维利亚.

Singing in all styles, she has performed with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, the Northwest Festival Orchestra in Chicago, Southwest Michigan Symphony, Elmhurst Symphony, the Northwest Indiana Symphony, DuPage Opera Theatre, the New Philharmonic Orchestra, Light Opera Works, 音乐 at Main, Friday 音乐ale, 音乐@Main, Jacksonville Chamber 音乐 Society, Jacksonville University Orchestra, the Grant Park Symphony Chorus and the Lyric Opera of Chicago Chorus at venues such as the Times-Union Center in Jacksonville, the Star Plaza in Indiana, Chicago’s Millennium Park , and the Civic 芝加哥歌剧院. Roles include Micaëla, Dorine, Serpina, Rosina, Cinderella, Angelica, Josephine, Barbarina, and Cio-cio San in productions of Fidelio, Turandot, Into the Woods, Suor Angelica, Barber of 塞维利亚, Tartuffe, H.M.S. 围裙,卡门 Marriage of Figaro, and Madama Butterfly. She was also an original founding member of the vocal group Vox3 which is still performing in Chicago.

她的 intellectual activity and performing over the next two years will be focused on the vocal music of Frederick Delius.