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Curriculum Vitae Kimberly Moller Contemporary Musical Theater Voice and Early Music/Opera School of Theatre, Television, and Film | San Diego State University [email protected] | 314-397-1238 | kimberlymoller.com EDUCATION MFA Musical Theater | San Diego State University Graduate Diploma | Voice, Emphasis Voice Pedagogy | Boston University Master of Music | Boston University Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance | Webster University TEACHING POSITIONS Adjunct Voice | Fullerton College, Academic Year 2020-2021 Voice training online for Fullerton College students. Graduate Voice Lecturer | San Diego State University, Fall 2016 ﹣ Spring 2018 Courses: Musical Theater Performance I﹣V Prepare Musical Theater Voice Lab for undergraduate majors and non-majors. Topics include: Golden Age Repertoire, Audition Preparation, Contemporary Musical Theatre Repertoire, “Pop” Scene-into-Song Unit. In the final semester, the class became a private-lesson model pilot program for more individualized training at my suggestion. Guest Lecturer, San Diego State University, 2018 Course: THEA 746: Internship Topics: The Singing Athlete Internship and Vocal Pedagogy for the Musical Theatre Artist. Voice Lecturer | San Diego State University, Spring 2018. Assist the director by offering voice techniques for the company of Fox Tales, a play with music at SDSU. Guest Lecturer, San Diego State University, 2017 Course: THEA 623: Musical Theater History Topics: Maury Yeston, Susan Stroman, Adam Guettel, Charles Strouse, Tim Rosser and Charlie Sohne. Guest Lecturer, San Diego State University, 2017 Course: THEA 205: History of The American Musical Theater: George Gershwin. Guest Lecturer, San Diego State University, 2016 Course: THEA 622: Musical Theater History Topics: George Gershwin, George M. Cohan, and Musicals of the 1950’s. CCM Vocal Technique Specialist | San Diego State University, Fall 2017. Provide private lessons, style and wellness coaching in CCM singing for the undergraduate cast of Edges by Pasek and Paul. Assistant Director | San Diego State University, Fall 2017. Direct and Choreograph “Man of My Dreams,” “The Facebook Song,” “I Hmm You,” “Lying There” and “Perfect” from Edges by Pasek and Paul. Production meetings with stage manager, lighting, costumes and music director to plan transitions, breakdown for props, scene order, casting, and advertising. Associate Director | San Diego State University Opera Fall 2017. Liaison: on behalf of the director with stage manager, props, lighting designer and costume undergraduates and professionals. Stage scenes in the opera in Act I, III and IV. Coach actors on individual character development. Administrative: create scene breakdowns and supertitles in Powerpoint for Massenet’s Cendrillon. Assist in updating the rehearsal calendar and costume coordination. Creative: Orchestra and conductor placement in a challenging opera space (recital hall). Advise: opera students regarding masters programs, young artist programs, competitions and how to create opportunities as a crossover artist. Associate Director | San Diego State University Opera, Fall 2016. Assist the director with communication on the production team, provide acting warm-ups and full-run staging rehearsals during the director’s scheduled absences for the fall production of Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore. Give diction and acting notes for opera students singing in Italian. Guest Lecturer | San Diego State University, Fall 2017. Course: Rehearsal Methods THEA 696 Cast and direct scenes “Show me” from My Fair Lady, “Too Late to Turn Back Now” from Bonnie and Clyde, “I’ve Decided to Marry You” from A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder and “Happiness” from You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown for undergraduate acting company of the rehearsal methods course. Voice Consultant | Pop Theater one-act production of The Beautiful Machine: A Sci-Fi Pop Rock Musical at The San Diego Fringe Festival 2017. Advise composers on keys for male/female voices and record demo tracks, coach hired singers and perform with the company. Voice Lecturer | New England Conservatory Preparatory School, 2016. Assisted in teaching French, German and Italian lyric diction and the International Phonetic Alphabet. Teaching Artist | La Jolla Playhouse, 2016. Prepared lectures for students and teachers on subjects determined by La Jolla Playhouse on upcoming shows and educational topics. Teaching Artist | MetroWest Opera Outreach, 2013. Prepared and performed opera history material for local elementary and middle schools in Boston. Contact founder, Dr. Dana Varga, [email protected]. VOICE POSITIONS Private Voice Teacher | Kimberly Moller Voice Studio 2008-present My instruction is based in physiology and anatomy and is focused on freeing the voice using a combination of methods tailored to the individual. I firmly believe every singer is an athlete and should train as such. I draw from the concepts of Speech Level Singing (based in communication, breath, and using your instrument the way it naturally functions – with inspiration and authenticity), and the Bel Canto school of pedagogy (with a core focus on breath and vowels). The goal is a coordinated instrument that instinctively responds to your dramatic impulses, freeing you to express yourself or your character musically without having to be preoccupied with thinking about technique in performance. Voice Teacher | Taylor Robinson Music, 2016-2017. Private lessons in La Mesa, CA 2016. Voice Teacher | Natick High School Honors Program, Natick, MA August 2015-June 2016. Voice Teacher | Concord Conservatory of Music, Concord, MA June 2015 -June 2016. Voice Teacher | Wakefield Memorial High School, Wakefied, MA 2011-2013. Voice Teacher | Bedford Youth Performing Company, Bedford, NH 2011-2013. Voice Teacher | Boss Academy of the Performing Arts, Hansen, MA 2010-2012. AWARDS Student Research Symposium Award in Creative and Performing Arts | San Diego State University, 2018 Topic: Original Research, “The Back-Line Posterior Chain and Belting.” Student Research Symposium Award in Creative and Performing Arts | San Diego State University, 2017 Topic: “The 21st Century Voice Training in Musical Theater Higher Education.” Scholarships/Prizes Michele Schlecht MFA Musical Theatre Scholarship 2016 Nella Feldman Gross Memorial Scholarship 2016 Musical Theatre Scholarship San Diego State University 2016 Best Solo or Cabaret Performance for ArtsImpulse: Sing Out! Cabaret 2015 Best Ensemble in an Opera for ArtsImpulse: Suor Angelica 2015 Best Lead Actress in a Musical 2014 Award EMACT-DASH Region Eastern MA 1st Place Award Illinois Young Artist Competition 1st Place Webster University Aria Competition 2nd Place National Society of Arts and Letters, St. Louis District Scholarship for Performance Diploma Boston University Half-Tuition Scholarship for Webster University Bachelor’s Degree Award from The Albert Baker Fund for Music Study 5 years PRESENTATIONS/LECTURES Overtures at Signature Musical Theater Voice Teacher, June 2020: Guest lecturer and “Musical Theater Voice Pedagogy” for class between June 22-July 3. Meisner/Chekhov Integrated Training Studio, March 2020: “Stop the noise. Start the Scene: Neuro drills and practical tools to crush negative thought patterns and let your body perform confidently.” NATS San Diego Masterclass Technician, March 2020. “Brain ACT-tivity: the nervous system, using the brain to overcome technical and expressive blocks, and how to be a person in the audition room.” Kimberly Moller Voice Studio, March 2020 (College and post-college focused): “Beyond the BFA: The Resilient Actor Workbook presentation with Debra Wanger.” New York University, January 2019 Musical Theater Educators Alliance Conference: The Great Balancing Act. Original Research: “Put Your Back Into It: The Back-Line Posterior Chain and Belting.” Center Stage Performing Arts Escondido, Masterclass Technician March 2019 Coach high school student leads in a production of Once on this Island. Levine 3-Day Masterclass Technician March 2019 Levine Community Music School, Washington D.C. Lectures: “The Back-Line Posterior Chain and Belting,” “Musical Theatre Vocal Pedagogy,” “21st-Century Voice Training in Higher Education” and integrated brain-body-voice teaching demonstration. San Diego Musical Theater, 2018 Summer Intensive Masterclass Technician for local high school students. MUSIC DIRECTING Music Director | Center Stage Performing Arts, Escondido, CA. September-October 2019. Zombie Prom: The Musical. Music Director | Center Stage Performing Arts, Escondido, CA. May-August 2019 Mamma Mia: The Musical. Music Director | San Diego Musical Theater, February 2019 Mean Girls Workshop. Music Director | Off-Broadway Theater Company, San Diego. September-November 2018 Heathers: The Musical. Performances were at the Lyceum Theater. Music Director | San Diego Musical Theater, June 2018 Bring it On: The Musical. Music Director | San Diego Musical Theater, July-August 2018 Musicals that Rock!, Golden Age Musicals, Epic Musicals of the 1980s, and Musical Theater Fundamentals. SERVICE Private Donor Event December 2017. Promotion for SDSU’s new musical, Enchanted April, A New Musical Romance. Working Women, October 2017. Featured performer, The Old Globe Theater, San Diego. Rotary Sweetheart’s Day, February 2017. Featured