Featured Artist
Sharolyn Kimmorley
After studying at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sharolyn Kimmorley joined the Music Staff of The Australian Opera. In 1985 she became Principal Repetiteur for The Australian Opera and in 1987 was appointed Head of Music Staff. From 1994 to 1999 she was the company's Artistic Administrator, following which she was Opera Australia's Director of Music Administration until June 2003.
Sharolyn Kimmorley is regarded as one of Australia’s finest vocal coaches and accompanists and has been guest vocal coach at the Australian National University, Australian Opera Studio, West Australian Opera, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Auckland University, Southern Opera (Christchurch), London’s Guildhall School of Music and The Cardiff International Vocal Academy.
In 2010, Sharolyn will perform Schubert’s Winterreise with Ryan McKinney for the Sydney Festival. She will appear in recital with Yvonne Kenny, Teddy Tahu Rhodes and David Hobson and with Barbara Bonney for the Sydney Opera House Trust.
In 2009 Sharolyn became a member of the Order of Australia in recognition of her service to the performing arts as an operatic accompanist, through the tuition and mentoring of young and emerging artists, and to the community.
Sharolyn Kimmorley’s coaching of the Southern Opera Chorus and the Singer Development Programme is made possible by the generous support of the Opera Foundation.
Sharolyn Kimmorley has appeared in: