Carol Kimball

Carol Kimball, Emerita Professor of Voice and Barrick Distinguished Scholar at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, earned a reputation as an expressive and versatile performer in opera, musical theater, and on the concert stage. As a recitalist, her imaginative programming and the unusual scope of her repertoire garnered critical praise. She became a specialist in French repertoire having studied and coached with Pierre Bernac, Gerard Souzay, Martial Singher, Thomas Grubb, and Dalton Baldwin. Her recording of French melodie with pianist Thomas Grubb by can be found in many college and university libraries (Orion Records).

Ms. Kimball is the author of several notable publications including Song: A Guide to Art Song Style and Literature, a widely used text and reference that has become the principal one-volume American source. She has co-authored Interpreting the Songs of Jacques Leguerney and edited The French Anthology; Women Composers: A Heritage of Song; and Art Song in English: 50 Songs by 21 American and British Composers (Hal Leonard Corporation). Publications also include the Singer's Edition opera anthologies and many articles, CD liner notes, and reviews in The Opera Quarterly and the Journal of Singing. She has served as editor for The Opera Journal (National Opera Association) and editor pro-tem for the Journal of Singing. She currently writes The Song File, a regular column in the Journal of Singing.

Ms. Kimball has received many awards for her accomplishments including the Nevada Governor's Arts Award for Excellence in the Arts, the Nevada Board of Regents' Creative Excellence Award for the Nevada System of Higher Education and the University of Nevada-Las Vegas Alumni Association's Outstanding Faculty Award. Her advocacy for classical song was recognized with an appointment to the Board of Advisors of The Lotte Lehmann Foundation.

Although retired from full-time teaching, she maintains an active schedule as a clinician, lecturer, and adjudicator, and was featured at the 2010 national conference of the National Association of Teachers of Singing in Salt Lake City.