Curriculum Vitae

Austin Porterfield Kimble

1012 Wessex Way, Austin, Texas, 78748
217-649-4384
Austin2.0@gmail.com

Schools Attended Bachelors of Music in Piano Performance with Jazz Emphasis 2009
and Degrees University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
Awarded “Distinguished College Scholar” and University Honors, 3.8/4.0 GPA
Salutatorian of the Class of 2005 2005
Champaign Central High School, Champaign, IL, 5.0/5.0 GPA

Music Teachers

Jeff Hellmer, Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Texas at 2005-

Austin 2009
• Studied jazz piano performance, jazz arranging and recording techniques,

advanced music theory, orchestration, jazz history, improvisation, composition

• Composed “Dear Freddie;” with YouTube video earning over 1.2 million views

Thomas “Shab” Wirtel, former Head of the Jazz Division in the School of 2003-
Music at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2005

• Studied jazz trumpet performance, and was featured trumpet soloist with
Wirtel’s jazz big band, the Heartland Jazz Orchestra
• Composed jazz “Austin’s Line” (BMI) which is now regularly performed by
Wirtel’s band “Jazz Mayhem”
2005-
2006

David Renner, professor of piano at the University of Texas at Austin 2001-

• Studied classical piano performance
2003

Dr. Shane Pitsch 2001-

• Studied jazz and classical trumpet 2004
Dr. Rodney Mueller
• Studied classical cello
1993-
Kathy Fries 2005
• Studied classical piano and music theory
• Won 1st place in many ISMTA piano competitions

Press

Austin has performed on-air for KXAN (Austin, TX’s NBC affiliate) KVUE (Austin, TX’s ABC affiliate), News 8
Austin, KOOP radio, KLBJ radio, and KUT (Austin, TX NPR affiliate) radio, and at numerous theatres worldwide.

“You sound terrific!”

– KUT, Jay Trachtenberg, Music Director

“It is Austin Kimble, however, as Jerry Lee Lewis whose performance is a revelation. Kimble is
astonishing in that he seems to be channeling Jerry Lee Lewis. Kimble even captures the insane
physicality of the piano playing style of Lewis. Kimble has the singer's vocal and physical tics down
 so pat that he inhabits the character. Expect this performance to be on more than one list at award
time.”
– BroadwayWorld, Frank Benge, Reviewer

“Neat very neat…that was beautiful. ‘Dear Freddie,’ it’s called, by Austin Kimble”
– KAZI, Rodger C. Brown, DJ

“You were the most skilled individual musicians of the whole event in my opinion.”
– Josh Robins, Program Coordinator, Austin Music Foundation

“No one will ever send [Austin] hate mail for playing piano like that.”
– Dale Dudley, Co-host, The Dudley & Bob Morning Show
Positions Held

High School Jazz Combo Director, Jazz Bands Assistant Director (High School and
Middle School), Jazz Piano & Trumpet Instructor, 6th Grade Band Director, St.
Stephen’s Episcopal School; Austin, Texas, 2010-2019
• Directed High School and Middle School jazz students in focused rehearsals
• Arranged music; directed school performances; taught jazz theory, technique, and history
• Ran the St. Stephen’s entire jazz program during November-December 2014 as substitute
Director
• Taught individual jazz and beginning piano, trumpet, clarinet, French horn, and
saxophone lessons to students in grades 6-12
• Directed and taught 6th Graders for their first year as instrumentalists in a concert band setting
• Led sectional rehearsals weekly for middle and high school jazz bands

Private Instructor, freelance in Austin, Texas, 2006-present

Has taught countless students music theory, technique, improvisation, sight reading, musicianship;
students range from 7 years old to middle and high school students, to professional musicians, band
directors, and business professionals. Instruments include: piano, voice, all brass, most woodwinds.

Teacher, Band Leader, Music Director, Vocal Coach, pianist, St. Edward’s University, 2016-2019
• Co-taught “Omni Jazz Vocals” and “Omni Singers” music theatre classes, which each met
twice weekly and performed twice per semester with a 4-piece band from the St. Edward’s
jazz program

Music Director & pianist, Bound for Broadway Performing Arts Camp, City of Austin, 2009,
2010, 2015, & 2016 George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center, Austin, Texas
• Taught children ages 7-12 for summer camps, and accompanied all performances
of “Wizard of Oz” and “Seussical, the Musical” as solo pianist; & conducted and
played piano for all performances of “Hairspray,” “The Wiz,” “Annie,” and “42nd
Street”

Music Director, Band Leader, Conductor, Accompanist, Vocal Coach, kidsActing (2019-
2020)
• Oversaw musical theatre productions for over 700 youth ages 7-18
• Arranged music, recorded practice tracks, directed rehearsals, MD for many youth productions

Music Director, Band Leader, Choir Director, pianist, Unity Center, Austin, Texas, 2008-2015
• Led weekly church services as MD, Choir Director, pianist and vocalist (nearly 300 services total)
as well as services for Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve, and Good Friday
• Selected music for every Sunday, provided improvised background music
• Arranged new music weekly
• Is also a professional trumpeter , vocalist, and cellist

Music Director & pianist, St Stephen's Episcopal School, 2012 – 2016

• MD for Middle School productions of “Guys and Dolls Jr.” (2012), “Willy Wonka and the
Chocolate Factory” (2013), “Annie Jr.” (2014), “(Getting to Know…) The Sound of Music”
(2015), and “We Will Rock You” (2016)

Freelance Music Director, Band leader, pianist

 • MD’d “Nunsense” & “Ruthless” (City Theatre, 2017-2019), “Ghost Quartet” (Penfold Theatre,
2019)
Music Director, Conductor, Band Leader, pianist, trumpeter, Georgetown Palace Theater,
2014-2019
• Conducted pit orchestras, directed all vocal and band rehearsals, played trumpet and keyboard
for performances, and accompanied choreography and blocking/tech rehearsals on piano for the
following productions: “Shrek the Musical” (2014), “Monty Python’s Spamalot” (2015), “Damn
Yankees” (2015), “Tarzan: The Musical” (2016), “Smokey Joe’s Café” (2016), “School of
Rock” (2016 - Palace Performance Company – youth production), “Man of La Mancha” (2017),
“Rock of Ages” (2017), “A Christmas Carol” (2017), “My Fair Lady” (2018), “Evita” (2019)
Music Director, Vocal Coach, & pianist, TexARTS, Lakeway, Texas, 2016-present
• MD for “Peter Pan Jr” (2016), “Alice in Wonderland Jr” (2017), “James and the Giant
Peach Jr. (2019), and “You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown” (2020 - cancelled) with kids
aged 7-13.
Significant Performances
Tapestry Dance Company, “Souls of Our Feet” China Tour, October 1-30, 2012
• Music Directed and performed a National Endowment for the Arts “American
Masterpiece” production with the only full-time professional tap dance repertory company
in the world, leading a jazz trio for a month-long tour in China, with cities including:
Shanghai, Suzhou, Taicang, Xuzhou, and Hangzhou
Tapestry Dance Company, “Of Mice and Music: A Jazz Nutcracker” Long Center for the
Performing Arts, 2014-2020
• Music Directed and performed a National Endowment for the Arts and Texas Commission on
the Arts sponsored production for 10 performances each December leading a jazz quartet (1
in 2020)

Jazzbonez at the International Trombone Festival, Austin, TX, 2010

• Have been a member for 10 years; members include jazz trombone PhDs throughout the

USA
• Played on & released crowd-funded CD “Watch It” at Elephant Room, Austin, TX (2014)

Jazzbonez at the Texas Jazz Festival, Corpus Christi, Texas, 2009

IMEA All-State Jazz Ensemble, Chicago, Illinois, 2005

The Kimbles Album Release, Brass House, Austin, Texas, 2013

• Released a 2-CD set, “Meet The Kimbles,” featuring original jazz music; was entirely
crowd-funded via Kickstarter

Austin Kimble Trio, Live at City Hall, Austin, Texas , 2010 & 2011
• Featured performers for the Austin Music Foundation’s “Art Walk Austin”
• Released the limited production studio album “Jazz Is Forever” (2010)

Austin Jazz Band at the Elephant Room, Austin, Texas , 2008-2014

• Performed 1-2x monthly as a featured soloist on piano

Musical Theater Performances as a vocalist/dancer

▪ Million Dollar Quartet (as “Jerry Lee Lewis”, 2018, Georgetown Palace Theatre,
Georgetown, TX)
▪ West Side Story (as “Gee-tar”, 2017, Georgetown Palace Theatre, Georgetown, TX)

▪ Guys and Dolls (as “Bennie Southstreet, 2014, Georgetown Palace Theatre, Georgetown, TX)

▪ La Bohème (1998, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Urbana, Illinois)

▪ Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1997, Assembly Hall, Champaign, Illinois)

Honors and Awards

Two-time “Best Musical Direction” Award Winner – BroadwayWorld Austin 2015, 2017
“Best Musical Direction” Award Nominee – Central Texas Excellence in Theatre 2016
Awards 2011
2005
 Member of “Best Jazz Band” at 2010-’11 Austin Music Awards
Woody Herman Jazz Award, Champaign, Illinois
Outstanding Soloist Award, Purdue Jazz Festival, West Lafayette, Indiana 2004
1st Place, Berklee Jazz Festival, Boston, Massachusetts 2004
Finalist, Essentially Ellington Competition, New York City, New York 2005
Other local performance credentials: Austin Kimble has been a bandleader and pianist for several hundred private
events in and around Austin, Texas, including having been hired repeatedly from 2007-present by the University of
Texas at Austin’s departments and colleges such as:

• Atomic and Molecular Imaging of
Interfaces and Defects IGERT
• Blanton Museum of Art
• Butler School of Music
• Division of Diversity and Community
Engagement
• Graduate School
• Institute for Computational
Engineering and Sciences
• Jackson School of Geosciences
• McCombs School of Business
• Natural Sciences Council
• Office of the President
• Office of the Vice President for
Student Affairs
• School of Social work
• UT Law
• Texas Association of School Boards
(related; non-UT)
• The University of Texas System

“Thanks so much for your continuing professionalism with our clients.” – Kathryn Hutchison, Outreach Coordinator, Butler School of
Music