Kimberly Patterson, USA
Hailed by the Chicago Sun Times
as a “superb cellist,” Dr. Kimberly Patterson has earned recognition
for her artistry as a solo, chamber, and orchestral musician. A
Juilliard graduate, Dr. Patterson was the founding cellist for the Tesla
Quartet, winners of the 2012 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition as well
as prizewinners of the 2012 London International Quartet Competition
and the 2013 Bordeaux International Quartet Competition. She has given
chamber recitals in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, London’s
Wigmore Hall and Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center and has held chamber
music residencies with Strings Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival,
Bravo! Vail Valley, Iris Chamber Orchestra, Salt Lake Chamber Music
Society, Chamber Music Tulsa, and a quartet residency at the University
of Colorado at Boulder with the Takács Quartet.
Dr. Patterson is
the Assistant Professor of Cello at the University of Memphis and
cellist of the Ceruti Quartet. She is also the cellist of the
Patterson/Sutton cello and guitar duo. Their debut album, “Cold Dark
Matter: Music for Cello & Guitar,” was released by MSR records in
2013. The Patterson / Sutton duo have concertized as Juilliard Global
Visiting Artists and have performed throughout Vietnam, China,
Afghanistan and the United States. The duo have presented a lectures at
the Guitar Foundation of America National Convention and the
International Guitar Research Center in Surrey, UK. The article written
by Dr. Patterson for the lectures, "Eclectic Influences: An In-Depth
Look at Stephen Goss's 'Park of Idols' for Cello and Guitar," was
published as the cover article in Soundboard Magazine, (Feb. 2016).
As
a soloist, Dr. Patterson has appeared with the Memphis Symphony
Orchestra and the Manila Symphony of the Philippines, toured nationally
with the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Company performing a solo piece by David
Lang, and presented solo recitals in the Netherlands, Afghanistan and
throughout the United States. Festival appearances include the Verbier
Festival, Strings Music Festival, Holland Music Sessions, Aspen Music
Festival & School, Sarasota Music Festival & the Miyazaki
Festival.
In addition to her extensive chamber music career, Dr.
Patterson was a member of the Colorado Symphony. She has also performed
with the Utah Symphony, the Verbier Orchestra in Switzerland, the
Juilliard Orchestra, Iris Orchestra, Central City Opera, the New Haven
Symphony and was personally invited by Charles Dutoit to perform with
the Miyazaki Orchestra in Japan.
A graduate of the Cleveland
Institute of Music with academic honors, Dr. Patterson earned her
Master's of Music Degree at the Juilliard School and a Doctor of Musical
Arts degree at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Her teachers
include Richard Aaron, Andras Fejer, Judith Glyde and Stephen Geber.
Dr.
Patterson has a true passion for educating cellists and chamber music
groups. In addition to her teaching at the University of Memphis as
Assistant Professor of Cello, she has guest taught around the country at
institutions such as the Interlochen School of the Arts, Frost School
of Music University of Miami, Louisiana State University, University of
Utah, Virginia Tech University, University of Denver, Ball State
University, Colorado State University and University of Southern
Mississippi Hattiesburg among others.
Dr. Patterson has
instructed inner-city students as a fellowship recipient of her alma
mater, the Juilliard School, as well as students of the Aspen Music
Festival and School’s M.O.R.E Program. With support from the United
States’ State Department, Dr. Patterson taught and performed as a guest
artist at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in Kabul,
Afghanistan in early 2014. She has also instructed cellists of the
Manila Symphony Orchestra in the Philippines. Dr. Patterson was a guest
teacher for the Denver Young Artists' Orchestra and was a teaching
artist for the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Patterson serves on the
board for the Colorado Youth Symphony Orchestras. Kimberly was a
graduate assistant to the renowned Takács Quartet at the University of
Colorado at Boulder.
Dr. Patterson’s students have won positions
with Orchestra Iowa and the Guangzhou Symphony. In addition, students
have attended Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Orchestra, the Tanglewood
Institute, All-National Youth Orchestra, and Colorado and Tennessee All
State Orchestras.
Dr. Patterson's teaching focuses on
establishing and reinforcing basic techniques and musicianship through
fundamental exercises. In preparing students for the 21st century,
Kimberly emphasizes having a greater understanding and awareness for
entrepreneurship in order for her students to be well equipped upon
graduation. In addition, she makes an effort to expose her students to a
broad range of music and literature; and, understanding the need for
global awareness, Dr. Patterson encourages them to perform in recitals,
music festivals and competitions nationally and internationally. She is
invested in her students’ progress in becoming well-educated musicians
and dynamic artists.
An avid proponent of community service,
Dr. Patterson was the recipient of two Juilliard Fellowships; the Gluck
Community Service Fellowship, a program designed to bring music to the
various homeless shelters, hospitals, community centers and psychiatric
wards, and the Instrumental Music Fellowship, where she taught music to
underprivileged children. She has been fortunate to have been involved
with several organizations that bring music and arts to the public
including, Bravo! Vail Valley, the Fischoff Organization, Chamber Music
Tulsa, the Aspen Music Festival and Cultures in Harmony.
With
support of the United States’ State Department, Dr. Patterson taught
and performed as a guest artist at the Afghanistan National Institute of
Music in Kabul, Afghanistan. She is also affiliated with Cultures in
Harmony, which paired her with the indigenous Tagbanwa people of the
Philippines for a week of music creation and cultural dialogue.
Artist's Website: celloandguitar.com/