Kim Kirkman

Description

Harpist - I can play over fifty pieces from memory. I have played hundreds of weddings and many solo shows.
Singer - I used to co-own, was music director for, and sang with The Ten Tenors. I have heaps of experience singing shows. I also do Elvis impersonations accompanying myself on the harp. Singing forms a big part of my solo shows.
Violinist - I am an accomplished violinist. I do a very mean Devil Went Down to Georgia. I also play classically.
Medieval musician - I play the vielle (precursor to the violin) and medieval gothic harp. I also lead medieval dance sessions and have pres ... ented at the Abbey Medieval Festival as well as the Woodford Folk Festival in Australia.
Conductor - I lead several choirs on the Sunshine Coast and can very easily work with groups to help them gain stronger, more confident and overall pleasing sounds.
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Set-List

Harp
Canon - Pachabel
Greensleeves - Traditional
My love is like a red red rose - Traditional
Danny boy - Traditional
Over the rainbow - Judy garland
Claire de lune - Debussy
The Ashgrove - Traditional
Earl of Essex - Traditional
She moved through the faire - Traditional
Planxty Irwin - Carolan
Fires at midnight - Traditional
Groovy kind of love - Phil Collins
Unchained Melody - Rightous Brothers
All you need is love - Beatles
The Gentle Maiden - Traditional
I will give my love an apple - Traditional
Gabriel’s Oboe - The Mission
Fiel ... ds of Gold - Sting
Here comes the sun - Beatles
Feather theme from Forrest Gump
Only fools rush in - Elvis
Imagine - John Lennon
My heart will go on - Celine Dion
Halleluiah – Cohen
I can’t take my eyes off of you - Frankie Vallie
Heaven - Bryan Adams
Chanter - Traditional
Where angels tread - Traditional
All Through the Night - Traditional
Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum
Black is the colour - Traditional
What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
You are so beautiful - Joe Cocker
The last rose of summer - Traditional
Just the way you are - Bruno Marz
A thousand years - Christina Perry
Wind beneath my wings - Bette Midler
Annie’s song - John Denver
The rose - Bette Midler
Jesu joy - Bach
Spring - Vivaldi
Trumpet tune - Traditional
Morning has broken - Cat Stevens
Edelweis - Sound of Music
Amazing grace - Traditional
You are my sunshine - Traditional
Moon river - Mancini
Violin
Devil went down to georgia
Meditation from Thais
Heaps of Celtic folk music
Elvis songs
Hound Dog
Heartbreak Hotel
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Biography

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, ad ... ministrator, 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.
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Additional Information

I have public liability insurance
I have a blue card (working with children - Australia)

Virtual Services Offer

Online harp lessons

I teach harp to beginners and advanced harpists. I specialize in improvisation and folk music.

Online violin lessons

I teach violin online and have worked with many students like this. I have taught violin at a tertiary level.

Online voice lessons

I have run many online voice lessons in the past, especially during COVID.