Dr Kimberly Graham, Music & Artistic Performance Director
Vocal Matrix Chorus enthusiastically welcomed Dr. Kimberly Graham as she stepped off our risers to become our new Music and Artistic Performance Director in 2023!
Kimberly is a charter member of Vocal Matrix (Greenville in Harmony) where she sings tenor and has been a member of Sweet Adelines International for 17+ years. She is married and has 5 children. Kimberly plays piano and cello, and has extensive dance experience in various styles. She has been involved in school and church choirs as well as playing various roles in community theater productions. She has played cello in the Foothills Philharmonic Orchestra, the Furman Symphony Orchestra, and the Carolina Pops Symphony Orchestra, as well as having had radio and televised piano soloist performances.
Kimberly has a Bachelor of Music in Music Education with a choral and instrumental emphasis. She was the Fine Arts Coordinator/ Director of Orchestral programs at a private school in Greenville, SC for 12 years. Then, after earning her Masters Degree in School Administration and her EdD in Educational Leadership, she was the Principal of a private elementary school in Greenville.
Kimberly is SAI DCP certified, and has chapter experience in the areas of quartet, front row, management team, and assistant director. In her first regional competition as director of VMx, Kimberly received the SAI Region 14's 2023 Novice Director Award. Kimberly is now a certified judge applicant with Sweet Adelines International and is in the process of trial scoring across the organization in this year's regional competitions.
In November 2023, Kimberly directed our chorus to our first ever International Harmony Classic AA Division performance and a world class 4th place finish! This past April 2024, under her direction, and with the support of the dynamic music team and some wonderful coaches, Vocal Matrix Chorus placed 2nd in SAI's Heart of the Blue Ridge Region 14 competition.
The chorus is now gearing up to compete on the Sweet Adelines International stage in Columbus, Ohio next October 2025!
