<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/campus-directory/directory-profiles/fairbourn-kim.html" dsn="campus-directory"><id>2321372</id><office-hours/><about-me>Kim Fairbourn joined the music faculty at Westminster University in 2026 and also serves as an adjunct voice instructor at Weber State University. She has maintained a private studio in piano and voice since 1994, bringing more than three decades of teaching experience to her work with students of all ages and levels.<br/><br/>Kim holds a Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Utah and a bachelor’s degree in Music/Liberal Arts with an emphasis in choral and vocal studies from Weber State University. She is a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music (NCTM) in Piano through the Music Teachers National Association.<br/><br/>An active member of the National Federation of Music Clubs, Music Teachers National Association, Utah Music Teachers Association, and National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), Kim has served in a variety of leadership positions within her local and state organizations. Her professional interests include vocal pedagogy, healthy and efficient vocal technique, classical singing, and developing musicianship in singers and pianists.<br/><br/>As a performer, Kim most recently appeared as Ma Moss in Aaron Copland’s The Tender Land at the University of Utah. She is also a member of The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square and regularly performs as a mezzo-soprano soloist throughout the Salt Lake Valley and surrounding areas.<br/><br/>Kim and her husband, Todd, have six children, two daughters-in-law, and two granddaughters. They make their home in Sandy, Utah.</about-me><interests/><social-media/><website/><image><img src="/_resources/images/default-source/directory-profile-images/kim-fairbourn.png" alt="Kim Fairbourn"/></image><areas-of-expertise/><publications/><awards/><student-success/><department-filter>Voice</department-filter><DEPARTMENT_FILTERS><DEPARTMENT>Voice</DEPARTMENT></DEPARTMENT_FILTERS></item>