Faculty and Staff
Dr. Kimberly Cole Luevano, Clarinet
Department of Music & Dance
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
(734) 487-2258
kcolelue@emich.edu
With reviews such as "breathtaking...", "virtuosic tone and...technique," and "exceptionally sensitive and introspective rendition," Kimberly Cole Luevano continually establishes herself as a formidable soloist and chamber musician. Cole is Associate Professor of Clarinet at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti and a member of the clarinet faculty at the Interlochen Arts Camp. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, she performs with the Eastern Winds, EMU's faculty wind quintet. Dr. Cole has given acclaimed solo and chamber performances throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe, was a featured performer at the 2005 Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium, and was recently invited to perform and teach at the 2006 Brazilian Clarinet Symposium.
Dr. Cole freelances extensively and has performed as a member of the Michigan Opera Theater Orchestra, principal clarinetist of the Ann Arbor Symphony, and with the Detroit, Windsor (Canada), and Toledo Symphony Orchestras, among others. Additionally, she has toured with Keith Brion's New Sousa Band. Cole is featured with her chamber ensemble, Quorum, on an Albany compact disc of composer Evan Chambers' works entitled, "Cold Water, Dry Stone." Dr. Cole's recording of Anthony Iannaccone's Quintet for Clarinet and Strings with the Arianna String Quartet was released on Albany Records in 2004 and her recording of Iannaccone's Wind Quintets and Woodwind Trio was released in early 2005, also for distribution on Albany Records. Dr. Cole has frequently contributed articles and CD reviews for The Clarinet, journal of the International Clarinet Association.
Originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, Dr. Cole studied in Paris, France as the recipient of a U. S. Government Fulbright Grant and KadeFellowship. She has been a finalist in the Oklahoma City Young Artists Competition, a prize winner in the International Clarinet Association's Young Artist Competition, and a semi-finalist in the Houston Symphony's Ima Hogg Young Artist Competition. She has participated in the Kent Blossom Music Festival and National Orchestral Institute. She earned her Doctorate of Musical Arts degree at Michigan State University where she studied with Elsa Ludewig Verdehr. Her other teachers include James Gillespie, Keith Lemmons, Guy Deplus, and Alain Damiens. Dr. Cole has also served on the faculties of the University of New Mexico and Alma College.
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