Kimberly R. Osberg | Featured Artist
Photo provided by Kimberly Osberg
Kimberly R. Osberg (b. 1992) is a composer from Eau Claire, Wisconsin who specializes in interdisciplinary collaboration. Her projects have included dance, film, environmental sound installations, instrumental theatre, plays, opera, visual art, award ceremonies, and stage combat. Her music has been described as “brilliant,” “highly-engaging,” “wonderfully suspenseful,” and “intensely colorful,” and has received acclaim from academic, commercial, and public audiences alike. She is also an active writer, creating original text for over a dozen musical works—including a tone poem for projected text and chamber orchestra (Rocky Summer, Dallas Chamber Symphony), and an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” for her operetta, Thump (New Voices Opera). Other notable collaborations include projects with the Pittsburg State University Wind Ensemble, the New Voices Opera company, and the Indiana University Department of Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance (including mainstage shows Macbeth and Prospect Hill, and works for dance and stage combat). Since moving to Portland, Oregon in 2020, Kimberly’s prolific output has exploded into a dynamic array of works, including collaborations with the Beau Soir Ensemble, the Merian Ensemble, the Grand Circle New Music Ensemble, the New Mexico Contemporary Ensemble, the Chaski duo, Whistling Hens Ensemble, the Bassless Trio, tuo duo, and SANS; duo—not to mention several middle school, high school, and collegiate music programs, as well as countless individual musicians across the country—resulting in over 70 new musical works between 2020 and June 2022.
Learn more about Kimberly and her work at the links below:
Kimberly appears on these Resonance programs: