Dr. Kimberly Gratland James
Dr. Kimberly Gratland James, mezzo-Soprano, joined the UNLV School
of Music faculty in 2017 as an Assistant Professor with more than 20 years
of professional performance and teaching experience in vocal music.
Previously, she was an Associate Professor of Music at the University of
Montana, where she primarily taught applied voice, voice pedagogy, and
diction for singers. Kimberly is now Associate Professor.
Dr. James
maintains an active performance career, particularly as a concert artist and
recitalist. She has performed in concert with the London Sinfonietta, the
New World Symphony, the Los Angeles Symphony, and on stage with the New
Orleans Opera, Chautauqua Opera, and Opera Theatre of St. Louis, among other
organizations. Her performance repertoire is quite diverse, encompassing
oratorio works by Bach, operatic repertoire from Purcell to Adamo, and
concert works by Verdi, Mahler, Ravel, and contemporary composers. She is
passionate about culturally-situated art and looks forward to exploring Las
Vegas and the U.S. Southwest, Mexico, and the Central & South Americas in
performance venues and repertoire.
James’s growing passion for bridging
the gap between the hard sciences and singing began in 2008 when she
completed a vocology certificate program at the National Center for Voice
and Speech under Dr. Ingo Titze. Her work has been published in the Journal
of Voice(multi-institutional research study) and the Journal of Singing
(book review). She presents posters and invited sessions regularly at
regional, national, and international conferences. Dr. James is a member of
the Pan American Vocology Association (PAVA) and has been an active leader
in the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) at the local,
regional, and national levels, as well as the College Music Society (CMS).
In addition to her vocology certificate, James also earned degrees from
Texas Christian University (B.S.), Rice University (M.M.), and Indiana
University (Performer Diploma, D.M.A. This marks Mrs. James' debut with
Rimrock Opera/Nova Center for the Arts.
