Précis
Kim is a Published Poet, a BMI songwriter, spent years in the Music Industry as a singer, doing session work and commercials, and performing at well known Nightclubs in L.A. and other venues. She also performed as a dancer and did Television and stage work. Kim is a long time member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS) and has had longstanding membership in the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS).
Kim has been an avid photographer, writing, and painting, and having won awards in English, Composition, and Language all since she was 7 years old. She trained in Los Angeles since the age of 12 with the premier vocal, dance, and acting coaches in the country.
Background
She traveled extensively across the United States (including Hawaii), Bahamas, and Europe; was exposed to most every major philosophy and religion; and grew up immersed in socio-political and philosophical/metaphysical discussions as well as meditation. She has met, experienced, conversed or studied with many of the leading masters, teachers, and philosophers of the 20th and 21st Centuries. Kim has always had a strong connection to animals and nature and a heightened sense of perception and intuition. Kim was raised holistically and has been an organic vegan/vegetarian since she was a child.
Graduating summa cum laude from high school Kim entered university at the age of 16. Kim was raised in the world of High Finance, Law, Real Estate, and Fine Art & Antiques. Kim is grateful for a wonderful education. She enjoyed studying Languages, Philosophy, the Great Masters of Art & Literature, Shakespeare, History, Greek and Roman Mythology, Sociology, Linguistics, Anthropology, Archaeology, Quantum Physics and Astrophysics. Kim's passions have always been the arts, music, science, and history but in order to help her family it was necessary to also utilize her business and legal aptitudes.
Kim obtained her Bachelors in Economics from UCLA and Masters in Business Taxation from USC. She is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Fraud Examiner. She worked as a Tax and Entertainment Industry Specialist at the international accounting firm Coopers and Lybrand and has had a successful consulting practice where she performed high level operations and systems work at Fortune 500 Companies and the Entertainment Studios. She also specialized in restructuring, strategic reviews, litigation support and forensic accounting.
Singer
Songwriter
Extensive Training
Kim's vocal training has been substantive with Seth Riggs (Michael Jackson, Natalie Cole, Bette Midler, Stevie Wonder), Poul Thomsen (Caruso’s Technique), and Jeanette Goldenberg of Tin Pan Alley (Frank Sinatra’s coach). Her dance training was with Joe Tremaine and at such well known schools as Roland Dupree Dance Academy and Academy West. Her acting training included studies with Peggy Feury at the Loft, Lieux Dressler’s Patio Playhouse, The Film Industry Workshop (at CBS Studio Center – Radford Studios), Sandra Knight, and USC Drama School. She attended and completed David Craig's Musical Theatre Workshop, Robert McKee’s Story Structure Workshop and a Voice-over Workshop with Don Pitts. Kim completed an extensive Film Workshop with Eric Sherman regarding every aspect of Film Production – Producing, Directing, Screenwriting, Cinematography, Editing, & Business Concerns.
Kim writes both the words and music to her songs; meaningful lyrics with memorable, expansive melody lines. Her catalog ranges from pop and rock; to blues, jazz and R&B; to country, gospel, and rock opera. Kim is a mezzo-soprano with almost a four octave vocal range. She sings and speaks French and Spanish - she is well acquainted with Italian and German. Kim worked as a Publicity Coordinator & Celebrity Interviewer for a top Photoplay celebrity columnist while in her twenties.
Celebrity Interviews
Kim worked as a Publicity Coordinator and Celebrity Interviewer for a top Photoplay celebrity columnist. She interviewed such stars as Shaun Cassidy, Parker Stevenson, Valerie Bertinelli, Leif Garrett, Andy Gibb, Melissa Gilbert, Scott Baio, KC and the Sunshine Band, Kaptain Kool (Michael Lembeck) and the Kongs, The Hudson Brothers, Linda Purl, Dick Van Patten, Larry Manetti and Buddy Ebsen as well as many others. Throughout her life Kim has also had the honor of meeting and conversing with Bob Hope, Don Knotts, George Peppard, Danny Thomas, Charlton Heston, Dinah Shore, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Minnie Pearl, Phyllis Diller, Sammy Davis Jr., Lorne Greene, Angela Lansbury, Willie Shoemaker, Wilt Chamberlain, Lloyd Bridges, Don Rickles, Jackie Cooper, Bob Newhart, Gregory Peck, Orson Welles, Jack Palance, Billy Joel, Carol Burnett, James Garner, Tony Curtis, Cesar Romero, Regis Philbin, Dean Stockwell, Dick Clark, Joan Rivers, John Schneider, Sonny and Cher, Paul Henreid, Henry Mancini, Burt Bacharach, Andy Williams, Anne Meara, Anthony Newley, Paul Williams, Walter Matthau, Ray Liotta, Betty White, Michael Jackson, and Robin Williams.
Author
Writer - Poet - Photographer
The Healing Power and Bliss in the Process of Creating Art
Through times of great trauma, injury, and crises, poetry has been Kim’s salvation and photography her inspiration. Wildlife, nature, the sea, and animals have been her great loves and stalwart support. Being able to photograph the wonder and beauty she opens her heart to, create art and song, and pour the depth of her feelings onto paper have been the kindest blessings. Kim paints artwork that has been described as the “Womb of Creation”. Kim has a deep and abiding passion for photography. At times Kim uses color and texture to create photos that transcend their original image or transform them into something amazing, wondrous or mysterious. Sometimes however, the play of light that she captures is the magic that brings forth the most incredible and multidimensional images. Kim's intent is to always be true to the integrity of the image and stay as close as possible to the natural essence of it. Her photographs often look like etheric paintings. Kim also uses a technique where she painstakingly paints images on top of her photos.
Kim’s bliss is to bring forth images that move someone on the deepest level, as much as a poem can. One of her greatest joys has been hearing from those who have had a visceral, uplifting or cathartic experience just by gazing at one of her photographs. She marries her photographs to her poetry and sometimes one of her photographs will inspire one of her poems.
Kim was passionate about writing from the time she was seven years old. Having been raised in a dramatic and lengthy divorce it was the perfect escape from the weight of the world. Writing has always been a vehicle for catharsis, awareness, and realizations for Kim. It has been her solace and the greatest expression of her depth of feeling and sensitivity. Kim won awards in English and Language from the time she was in elementary school. She won the National D.A.R. (Daughters of the American Revolution) Gold Medal and Silver Medal for a composition she wrote when she was 10. She has used her writing skills to write marketing ads and promotions, legal points and authorities, briefs, discovery documents, legislative rules, business correspondence and website content for many of her clients. Kim designed, pitched, developed, and wrote “Show in a Show” Lifestyle Featurettes, T.V. Segments and ads for Radio and T.V. Spots and performed Voiceovers for her clients. Kim's poetry and writings have been featured in published Compilations, Anthologies, and Journals.
Artist
Performer
Performance Highlights
Kim’s first creative job was as a dancer in a film doing a rock/uprock routine known as S.W.A.T. created by well known dancers Papo & Jr. out of Brooklyn. Kim sang her original songs in front of over 5000 Vietnam Veterans in a show along with major members of the Doobie Brothers, including Keith Knudsen and John McFee, plus Jack Mack and the Heart Attack and Tommy Tutone. When she was 17, Kim performed the female lead in a Jay Livingston Broadway Backers Show in front of Gene Kelly and Marge Champion opposite Jesse White, William Schallert, and Teddy Wilson. Kim performed as a session singer for commercials and recording projects. She also did Television and stage work. She had sold out performances at well known Los Angeles clubs.
Professional Collaborations
Kim has done extensive Record Production (Vocals, Songwriting, Producing, Engineering). Kim has worked with well known studio players, producers, arrangers, and engineers on her original song music projects including Harry Fields (Renowned Jazz Pianist), Glen Spreen (Elvis Presley), Norm Kinney (George Harrison, Carole King), Bernie Grundman (A&M Records), Mike Baird (Journey), Danny Federici (Bruce Springsteen, Co-founder E-Street Band), Bob Glaub (Rod Stewart, John Lennon, Bob Dylan), Steve Porcaro (Toto), Ken Rarick (Michael Jackson, Madonna), Lenny Castro (The Rolling Stones, Boz Scaggs, Barbra Streisand), Ace Baker (Iron Butterfly, Reo Speedwagon), Zeljko Marasovich (Film Composer), Andy Georges (Sheryl Crow), and Tony Braunagel (Bonnie Raitt, Eric Burdon, Robert Cray) and William D. (Smitty) Smith (Bob Dylan, Etta James, Rod Stewart, Blood, Sweat and Tears, and Richie Havens).
Kim has a solid catalog of original songs in many musical genres. Her works are registered with BMI, the leading music performing right organization. She has performed her songs at top clubs such as the House of Blues, the Horn, Carlos N’Charlie’s, The Rose Tattoo and 14 Below. Kim has written lullabies and children’s music as well. She is working on a Rock Opera with a powerful and intriguing backstory. With unforgettable songs that paint vivid and commanding scenes, the musical takes the audience on a journey of defeat and triumph, overcoming obstacles, and the sacrificial price paid of realizing your dream and claiming your destiny.
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