CV For Austin Kimble - September 2021
CV For Austin Kimble - September 2021
CV For Austin Kimble - September 2021
Schools Attended Bachelors of Music in Piano Performance with Jazz Emphasis 2009
and Degrees University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
Awarded “Distinguished College Scholar” and University Honors, 3.8/4.0 GPA
Salutatorian of the Class of 2005 2005
Champaign Central High School, Champaign, IL, 5.0/5.0 GPA
Music Teachers
Thomas “Shab” Wirtel, former Head of the Jazz Division in the School of 2003-
Music at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2005
• Studied jazz trumpet performance, and was featured trumpet soloist with
Wirtel’s jazz big band, the Heartland Jazz Orchestra
• Composed jazz “Austin’s Line” (BMI) which is now regularly performed by
Wirtel’s band “Jazz Mayhem”
2005-
2006
Press
Austin has performed on-air for KXAN (Austin, TX’s NBC affiliate) KVUE (Austin, TX’s ABC affiliate), News 8
Austin, KOOP radio, KLBJ radio, and KUT (Austin, TX NPR affiliate) radio, and at numerous theatres worldwide.
“It is Austin Kimble, however, as Jerry Lee Lewis whose performance is a revelation. Kimble is
astonishing in that he seems to be channeling Jerry Lee Lewis. Kimble even captures the insane
physicality of the piano playing style of Lewis. Kimble has the singer's vocal and physical tics down
so pat that he inhabits the character. Expect this performance to be on more than one list at award
time.”
– BroadwayWorld, Frank Benge, Reviewer
“Neat very neat…that was beautiful. ‘Dear Freddie,’ it’s called, by Austin Kimble”
– KAZI, Rodger C. Brown, DJ
“You were the most skilled individual musicians of the whole event in my opinion.”
– Josh Robins, Program Coordinator, Austin Music Foundation
“No one will ever send [Austin] hate mail for playing piano like that.”
– Dale Dudley, Co-host, The Dudley & Bob Morning Show
Positions Held
High School Jazz Combo Director, Jazz Bands Assistant Director (High School and
Middle School), Jazz Piano & Trumpet Instructor, 6th Grade Band Director, St.
Stephen’s Episcopal School; Austin, Texas, 2010-2019
• Directed High School and Middle School jazz students in focused rehearsals
• Arranged music; directed school performances; taught jazz theory, technique, and history
• Ran the St. Stephen’s entire jazz program during November-December 2014 as substitute
Director
• Taught individual jazz and beginning piano, trumpet, clarinet, French horn, and
saxophone lessons to students in grades 6-12
• Directed and taught 6th Graders for their first year as instrumentalists in a concert band setting
• Led sectional rehearsals weekly for middle and high school jazz bands
Teacher, Band Leader, Music Director, Vocal Coach, pianist, St. Edward’s University, 2016-2019
• Co-taught “Omni Jazz Vocals” and “Omni Singers” music theatre classes, which each met
twice weekly and performed twice per semester with a 4-piece band from the St. Edward’s
jazz program
Music Director & pianist, Bound for Broadway Performing Arts Camp, City of Austin, 2009,
2010, 2015, & 2016 George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center, Austin, Texas
• Taught children ages 7-12 for summer camps, and accompanied all performances
of “Wizard of Oz” and “Seussical, the Musical” as solo pianist; & conducted and
played piano for all performances of “Hairspray,” “The Wiz,” “Annie,” and “42nd
Street”
Music Director, Band Leader, Conductor, Accompanist, Vocal Coach, kidsActing (2019-
2020)
• Oversaw musical theatre productions for over 700 youth ages 7-18
• Arranged music, recorded practice tracks, directed rehearsals, MD for many youth productions
Music Director, Band Leader, Choir Director, pianist, Unity Center, Austin, Texas, 2008-2015
• Led weekly church services as MD, Choir Director, pianist and vocalist (nearly 300 services total)
as well as services for Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve, and Good Friday
• Selected music for every Sunday, provided improvised background music
• Arranged new music weekly
• Is also a professional trumpeter , vocalist, and cellist
USA
• Played on & released crowd-funded CD “Watch It” at Elephant Room, Austin, TX (2014)
Austin Kimble Trio, Live at City Hall, Austin, Texas , 2010 & 2011
• Featured performers for the Austin Music Foundation’s “Art Walk Austin”
• Released the limited production studio album “Jazz Is Forever” (2010)
▪ Guys and Dolls (as “Bennie Southstreet, 2014, Georgetown Palace Theatre, Georgetown, TX)
▪ La Bohème (1998, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Urbana, Illinois)
▪ Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1997, Assembly Hall, Champaign, Illinois)
• Atomic and Molecular Imaging of • Institute for Computational • Office of the Vice President for
Interfaces and Defects IGERT Engineering and Sciences Student Affairs
• Blanton Museum of Art • Jackson School of Geosciences • School of Social work
• Butler School of Music • McCombs School of Business • UT Law
• Division of Diversity and Community • Natural Sciences Council • Texas Association of School Boards
Engagement • Office of the President (related; non-UT)
• Graduate School • The University of Texas System
“Thanks so much for your continuing professionalism with our clients.” – Kathryn Hutchison, Outreach Coordinator, Butler School of
Music