Kimberly Chaffin, soprano, graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Northern Colorado and a Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Arizona. Her operatic roles at the U of A included Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus, Magda in La Rondine, Alice Ford in The Merry Wives of Windsor and Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte; at UNC, she performed Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro. Ms. Chaffin’s musical theater roles with Arts Express included Mary in Follow the Star, The Ghost of Christmas Past in A Christmas Carol, Lily Craven in The Secret Garden, and Agnus in I Do! I Do!

Ms. Chaffin has performed solo roles in oratorios and cantatas, such as the Fauré Requiem and the Mozart Requiem with the Tucson Masterworks Chorale, and Mozart's Mass in C Minor with the Tucson Chamber Artists and Handel’s Messiah with the Tucson Sing-In.

Ms. Chaffin has also sung with the Arizona Opera Chorus for 16 years. She is an Opera Teaching Artist in the OMA Program (Opening Minds through the Arts). This is a student achievement program, developed within the Tucson Unified School District, that integrates all the arts (opera in the first grade) with the tested curriculum. Ms. Chaffin loves to share her passion for music and theater with all ages!