Kimberly Fitch
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| Occupation | Musician, Teacher |
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| Location | Ashland, OR |
| Introduction | Kimberly Fitch holds a Bachelor of Music from the Eastman School of Music, and Master of Music in Viola Performance from UC Santa Barbara. Fitch’s teachers have included world-renowned soloist Helen Callus and Phillip Ying, violist of the Ying Quartet. Fitch attended the Aspen Music Festival, Fontainebleau School in France, and the Port Townsend Chamber Music Festival with the Tokyo Quartet. Fitch recently performed the Carl Stamitz Concerto with the Rogue Valley Symphony, and the Bartok Concerto with the University Symphony Orchestra in Santa Barbara. Fitch was a semifinalist at the 2005 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition, winner of the 2002 Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon Concerto Competition, and recipient of the John Celentano Award for Excellence in Chamber Music at the Eastman School. Fitch is a founding member of the East-West Virtuosi, a group of outstanding chamber musicians from around the world presenting concerts on the West Coast. Fitch resides in Ashland, Oregon, where she performs with orchestras throughout the state, teaches viola at Southern Oregon University, and runs a private studio of young violinists and violists. |