Kim Kirkman

Kim Kirkman

After originally training as a violist (B Mus), Kim moved to voice (Post Grad Dip) and became co-owner, musical director and member of The Ten Tenors. He has sung solos in oratorio in Cairns, Townsville, Mackay and Brisbane as well as solo and chorus for Opera Queensland and the Victorian State Opera.

Having a very varied career, he has conducted many choirs (Blackstone Ipswich Cambrian Choir, Mackay Choral Society, Bach Society of Queensland etc), orchestras (Gold Coast Philharmonic etc) and mixed ensembles in Australia and overseas; as well as working as a script-writer, administrator, composer and teacher. 

Kim taught strings, composition, conducting, music technology and voice at the Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music, CQUniversity, Mackay from 2004 to 2012. He also gained a Masters of Learning Management.

In 2016 he recorded eight harp CDs and gave over 110 public performances. He is a regular performer at festivals and continues to give many solo concerts.

Kim currently conducts the Inspiration Choir, Inspiration Project Choir (renowned for performing classical music at the Woodford Folk Festival), Caloundra Community Choir, and the Caloundra Chorale and is a guest conductor for Oriana Choir and is in high demand as an adjudicator and vocal workshop leader. 

He has written the accompanying scripts for two Purcell semi-operas as well as The Messiah and the Man (a Veteran's journey to peace accompanied by arias and choruses from Handel's Messiah).

Kim arranges harp, orchestral, choral and violin scores to sell online and has over 400 works published on sheetmusicplus.com. His arrangements vary in style from Bach to Taylor Swift.