Kimberly Lapatha Accompanist Kimberly Lapatha holds a Master of Church Music, from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky and a Bachelor of Arts in Music, from the University of Kentucky, in Lexington. After performing for various music and arts organizations in British Columbia and Kentucky, Kim has found her way to Winnipeg and has enjoyed a steady schedule of performing in the music and arts community of the city. She has performed numerous times with The Little Opera Company including productions of The Magic Flute, The Medium, Beauty and the Beast, The Snow Queen, Classical Grudge Match: Salieri and Mozart, and the 2005 Black Ties recital. She currently teaches piano at the Manitoba Conservatory for the Arts. Meanwhile, privately, her range of students vary from babies and toddlers of her Musikgarten program, to junior and senior high piano students. Moreover, her accompanying skills have been sought after by school choirs of the Winnipeg School Division, the Lord Selkirk School Division, and the Louis Riel School Division. Kim’s community involvement includes directing the junior high choir of Hugh John MacDonald School, the children’s choir of the Winnipeg Chinese Alliance Church, (where she currently serves as Worship Deaconess), and playing clarinet in the Elmwood Community Band (directed by Andrew Wahl). This past summer, Kim completed her Orff 1 certification through the University of Manitoba. She is married to Philip Lapatha, choir and pre-calculus math teacher of Gordon Bell High School.