Austin Kimble

Austin Kimble is an Austin-based musical director, pianist, actor, conductor, educator, composer, and arranger whose career has spanned the worlds of musical theatre, jazz, classical, and pop music. Whether performing with world-renowned musicians, conducting pit orchestras and jazz ensembles, or performing his own compositions, he is known for his versatility, creativity, and brilliant musicianship. Mr. Kimble teaches a multitude of music classes at schools in the Central Texas area and also teaches a full studio of private students.

He is the 2015 recipient of the Broadway World Austin Award for "Best Musical Direction." Musical direction credits include: Shrek the Musical, Monty Python’s Spamalot, Damn Yankees, Tarzan, Smokey Joe's Cafe, The Wizard of Oz, Seussical the Musical, The Sound of Music, Guys and Dolls, Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka, Annie, We Will Rock You, School of Rock, and Peter Pan. He holds a bachelor’s of music degree in jazz piano performance from the University of Texas at Austin and performs regularly with the Austin Kimble Trio, The Kimbles, JazzBonez, and the Jazz Inc. Big Band.

Austin Kimble has performed in Tokyo, Paris, Shanghai, New York and the list goes on. In Texas, he's performed all over Austin, including KXAN TV, KVUE TV, News 8 Austin, KLBJ radio, KOOP radio, KUT radio, KUTX radio, Frank Erwin Center, Austin Music Hall, One World Theatre, Elephant Room, and many more.