Biography
Bio
Born in Pennsylvania (USA), Kimberly received her musical training at Ithaca College (New York). She then continued her training in New York City while working from 1988 to 1993 with the New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra in the field of development.
She came to Europe in January 1994 as a member of the opera ensemble at the Cologne Opera House, Cologne Germany. From 1995 to 2002 she was a member of the opera ensemble at Theater St. Gallen. During her years at Theater St. Gallen she sang various roles including Sophie Scholl in Udo Zimmermann’s Die Weisse Rose, Servillia in Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito, Cécile in the Premiere of George Stile’s Musical The Three Musketiers, Blonde in Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail and Stella in the european premiere of André Previn’s opera A Streetcar Named Desire. Further engagements include productions in 2004 with the Chamber Opera of Bavaria, Theater Aufstand in Wels, Austria (Erling Wold’s Sub Pontio Pilato) and the Summer Festival at Bregenz, Austria (Kurt Weill’s Der Kuhhandel). In 2006 Kimberly performed the role of the Maid in the St. Gallen OpenOpera Production of Thomas Adès’ chamber opera Powder Her Face.
In 2015 Kimberly Brockman was named director of the Diözesane Kirchenmusikschule (dkms), a church music school and Institution of the Catholic Diocese of Sankt Gallen. Since 2003 she has been working for the school as voice teacher and coach. In addition, she completed her church music studies and received a degree in choral conducting in 2011.
For over 20 years, Kimberly Brockman has been actively engaged – as singer and choir conductor – at the St.Gallen Cathedral. In 2020, Kimberly Brockman recorded Fioccos Lamentations for the DomMusik St.Gallen. The settings of the lamentations by the Belgian composer Joseph-Hector Fiocco (1703–1741) are among the particularly impressive baroque versions. The recording with works by Fiocco and Vivaldi is available from the DomMusik St.Gallen.
The Mass Missa Beati Notkeri Balbuli Sancti Galli Monachi composed by Erling Wold (San Francisco) was given its premiere in 2008 in the St. Gallen cathedral. The mass for Choir and soprano soloist was composed for Kimberly Brockman and the DomMusik and is available as CD. She can also be heard on two recordings from the CD-series “Musik in der Kathedrale”. Other premieres include works from composers Francisco Obieta, Enjott Schneider, Winfried Offele and Roman Bislin-Wild.