About

Dr. Kimberly Taylor is a harpist and composer who resides in the beautiful Willamette Valley in Oregon. She holds a doctorate in Music from the University of Arizona, where she also did her undergraduate and master's degrees. Kimberly has composed music since a young age and she is dedicated to creating new and wonderful music for the harp at all levels and in all settings. A self-made Renaissance woman, Kimberly believes that art, music, and poetry should be shared daily and in abundance as part of what makes us all human. Kimberly teaches harp at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon.

Music

I play a variety of harp standards such as

Sonata for Harp by Pierick Houdy
Variations on a theme by Paganini my M. Mchedelov
Sonatinas by F.J. Naderman
An assortment of Debussy
Bach/Grandjany Etudes
Serenade by Elias Parish Alvars

I also write my own music and play popular and jazz styles.

I perform original music on the folk harp as well as on the pedal harp.

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