Kimberly R McAllister (Werner)

Style: Opera; Classical; Musical Theatre

Title: Collaborative Pianist/Vocal Coach

Bio: Collaborative pianist, Kimberly McAllister, BA Music (Piano Performance) - Wheaton College, MM - Piano Accompanying/Vocal Coaching - Westminster Choir College of Rider University - Princeton. She has been on staff as a pianist at Oakwood College, Westminster Choir College, the American Boychoir School, Webster University, University of MO-St Louis, and Washington University in St Louis. She has collaborated with several opera companies, including New Jersey Opera Festival, Opera Theatre of St Louis, and Wichita Grand Opera, and has been a part of numerous instrumental chamber music groups spanning her long career as a pianist. She is also an organist, and has held several posts as organist in AL, NJ, KS, and MO. Postgraduate programs include the AIMS-American Institute of Musical Studies (Lieder Coaching)-Graz, Austria and the Institute for Advanced Vocal Studies - Paris, France as well as several summer workshops in art song accompaniment with Martin Katz. Primary teaching influences have been Dr. Dan Horn, Glenn Parker, Helen Yorke, and Dalton Baldwin

Voice Type: Mezzo-soprano

Music Styles Taught: Opera; Classical; Musical Theatre

Availability: I am available as a performer; I am currently accepting private students; I am available as a clinician or presenter

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