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🎶Kimberly Osberg🌲
@kimpositions.bsky.social
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✏️Composer who loves working with other creators, thinkers, and tinkerers 🎨🩰🎭🎬🎮🤹⚔️ She/Her. Commissions for 2026 nearly full - reach out soon to collab in the next year!
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This premiere is coming up fast! So excited for this performance of a multi-movement work for clarinet + string quartet. I haven’t written for string quartet in soooo long, and it was a blast to play with all the different colors & learn from the scores of so many cool composers ❤️
Cover art for a piece called CONVERSATIONS by Kimpositions. The words are broken up in colored blocks. First page of a score called Conversations for clarinet and string quartet. This first movement is called Chitter Chatter. First page of a second movement from a piece called Conversations for clarinet and string quartet. This second movement is called Whispers and Murmurs. First page of a third movement from a piece called Conversations for clarinet and string quartet. This third movement is called Bitching & Moaning
November 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Incredibly grateful to pianist & curator Nathaniel LaNasa for programming my work on the New York Festival of Song's NYFOS Next series!

While I can't be there in person, if any of my NYC friends are in town, I hope you can make it! The rest of the program sounds really lovely.
Event graphic featuring headshots of tenor Benjamin Brecher and pianist Nathaniel LaNasa for the New York Festival of Song Program: The Many Worlds Interpretation on Sunday, November 16th at 3pm. The graphic also includes an image of cover art for the song "You, Us, Me" by Kimberly Osberg (Kimpositions). More information can be found on the NYFOS site.
November 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Taking time today to sort out what’s happening for the next year (?!) on the writing desk. That’s a lot of PB&J’s and emotional support beverages—best get started!
A list of composition projects sorted by month and written in messy short hand. They range from solos, duos, and trio, to art songs, string quartets, and quintets. Many on the list are ambiguous.
November 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Good morning, mountain ☕️
Image of Mt. Hood’s silhouette in the early dawn, towering over Portland below.
October 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Composer achievement unlocked: having my last name in the concert title!

So excited to be able to attend the premiere of this work in-person here in Portland, alongside a piece I was actually listening to when I wrote the last movement 🥰
Event information for a concert on December 7th called “Shostakovich and Osberg.” The details read: Kimberly Osberg Conversations for Clarinet and String Quartet. Dmitri Shostakovich String Quartet No. 8. James Shields clarinet Yuqi Li, Ruby Chen violin Haojian Wang viola Trevor Fitzpatrick cello Adam Falkner spoken word
October 14, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Finishing up work this next week on a new bass clarinet solo for a buddy from grad school (so ignore the messy score)! We’ve been wanting to collab again forever, so I’m extra excited to be working on this!!

Current beverage tally:
☕️ - 21
🫖 - 14
💧- 17
🥃 - 2
🔥🍫 - 1
🍋 - 1
Cover art for a piece called “WRECKED.” The word wrecked is tilted and crunched up at the end, and lays on a bed of black scratches and cracks against a bright yellow background. Snippet of a score for bass clarinet called “Wrecked” (though there is a typo in the score). The music shows extreme registers, and a section of curves lines indicating quiet wailing.
October 12, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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Food for the big game** tonight

**dark souls 2 dlc
A sheet pan with loaded nachos and a plate of bacon-wrapped jalapeño poppers. The nachos feature beef, melted cheese, dollops of sour cream, tomato’s, cilantro, avocado, bacon, and green opinions. The poppers are loaded with a cream cheese mixture and feature slightly burnt tops to the cheese.
October 7, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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New score video is up today!

This 2022 piece is a love letter to 3 endangered species. While a bit unnerving at first glance, each has such unique and charming features—it was a joy to capture them in this short work for clarinet, horn & bassoon.

Happy October, friends! 🎃

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October 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Had a blast Zoom-ing in for a rehearsal of my string orchestra piece, “To Burst” with a group in MN. This piece was originally written for students who had lost their teacher. She was a really special lady, and I’m so happy to see this piece - and the light she inspired - out in the world again!
Image of an iPad screen with an active Zoom rehearsal. The rehearsal includes a conductor leading a group of string musicians in a practice room with a wooden floor and tall ceilings that have curtains and sound panels.
October 1, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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I just found out my setting of "My Father's Dragon" will be featured on part the grand opening of this incredible exhibit at The Rabbit hOle, with members of the author’s family in attendance! To say I'm honored is an understatement!!
An event graphic for an exhibit opening at the Rabbit Hole children’s literature museum called “My Mother’s Father’s Dragon: A Hero’s Journey and the Art of Living.” The exhibit is in Kansas City, MO and runs October 11, 2025 to August 15, 2026.
September 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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So excited by these awesome musicians programming my music this fall! There are never guarantees our work will be heard, and I remain deeply grateful for every performance that takes place.

Especially excited for the world premiere in December, and to be included on the NY Festival of Song!
Calendar of events for composer Kimberly Osberg, featuring Kimberly in the image wearing a bright pink hat that reads “PACIFIC NORTHWEST.” She is wearing a pink sweater and a black vest, standing in a brightly lit forest bursting with fall foliage. CSB at St. John’s | October 9 Collegeville, MN To Burst CSBSJU Orchestra, Andrew Towsey-Grishaw UNC Greensboro | October 10 Greensboro, NC near death Calypsus Brass Quintet CA School of Arts | October 17 Duarte, CA BRAWL CSA - San Gabriel Wind Ensemble, Stephanie M. Maletz NY Festival of Song | November 13 New York, NY You, Us, Me NYFOS NEXT Artists Chatter PDX | December 7 Portland, OR Conversations for Clarinet & String Quartet (WORLD PREMIERE) Chatter PDX
September 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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This week is all about bass clarinet and shipwrecks and warm beverages at home! 🎶🪨☕️

Beverage count for this project so far:
☕️ - 8
🍵 - 6
💧 - 6
🔥🍫 - 2
Screenshot of sheet music for solo bass clarinet, from the second page of a piece called “WRECK.” Tempo descriptions include “Storming,” and “A bit warmer, hopeful.” A painting of a famous ship, The Wager, being jostled by the sea A coffee mug with visible steam seeping out the top
September 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Did the laundry (and put it away??), cleaned up the house, got organized for the week, and did some baking—a very procrasti-productive day!

Tomorrow, we write!! ✏️🎶
An image of banana muffins with chocolate chips in a plastic tub on a counter.
September 15, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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This piece is officially off to the fine musicians of Chatters ABQ & PDX! I’m so grateful I got the chance to write for these two incredible ensembles, and I can’t wait to share more about this work closer to the premiere!

No rest for the wicked—onto bass clarinet land to write about shipwrecks! 🪨🚢
Cover art for a piece of music called “Conversations.” The word is split across many rectangles, with a mix of blue, yellow, and white on a field of red. The bottom text says KIMPOSITIONS A screen shot of the first movement of “Conversations for clarinet and string quartet,” called Chitter Chatter. A screen shot of the second movement of “Conversations for clarinet and string quartet,” called Whispers and Murmurs. A screen shot of the first movement of “Conversations for clarinet and string quartet,” called Bitching & Moaning
September 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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This last movement was a real challenge because it’s so different from what I normally write, but it felt good to push myself & get inspired by other music when stuck. This movement features little outbursts from each player, and it was fun to imagine what each one was going on about while writing!
A screenshot of sheet music for the last movement of a work called “Conversations” for clarinet and string quartet by Kimberly R Osberg. The movement is called “Bitching & Moaning,” and features a fast tempo, a groove-based viola line, pizz outbursts from the other voices, and glissando gestures in the clarinet and cello. The tempo is marked “quartet equals 132, Cantankerous.”
September 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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DOUBLE BARLINE, BABYYYY!!
Meme of a messed up Elmo puppet lifting its hands with chaotic energy in front of a background of fire
September 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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A little reset before a weekend of wrapping up the last movement of a new work for clarinet + string quartet, and editing parts. This movement in particular has been a real doozy—so!!!! many!! things!!! happening!!!!—but I think it’s going to turn out alright.
An image of a coffee cup, filled with coffee and topped with a floral pattern on cream, with sprinkles of cocoa powder. An image of a computer screen displaying sheet music in progress. There are many notes across all the pages.
September 6, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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It’s Bandcamp Friday!

While I don’t have an album of my own, I am fortunate enough to have music on several lovely albums by some really fantastic musicians with incredible composers—check them out to hear chickens, penguins, wind octet deliciousness, and even a choose-your-own-adventure piece!
Album cover for “Aviary” - an album by Elizabeth Robinson. Elizabeth sits on a white chair against a yellow background, holding her flute in her lap. Features music by Lisa Bost-Sandberg, Nicole Chamberlain, Gay Kahkonen, Anne McKennkn, and Kimberly R. Osberg Album cover for “Moxie,” of the Chamber Winds of South Dakota (Don Linn, conductor; Elizabeth Robinson, flute). Features music by Nicole Chamberlain, Marie A. Douglas, Alyssa Morris, Jonathan Newman, and Kimberly R. Osberg Album cover for “Still Waters,” a solo piano album by Chris Opperman. Features music by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Chris Opperman, Philllip Schroeder, Kimberly R. Osberg, and Tyler Kline
September 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Writing a fast movement with a lot of effects and this is basically flashing across my mind the entire time:
Screenshot of a tweet from 2019, user screaminbutcalm that says: Me sowing: Haha fuck yeah!! Yes!! Me reaping: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
September 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Two movements down, one to go! This project’s beverage count so far:
☕️ - 23
🍵 - 13
💧 - 18
🧋- 1
🍷 - 2
🍺- 3
Screenshot of the first page to the second movement of a score. The title of the movement is”whispers and murmurs,” from a piece called “conversations for clarinet and string quartet.” This movement uses bass clarinet. The music shows a number of tremolos, circular bowings, and stuttering effects in the strings.
September 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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There are two projects I want to talk about publicly but cannot just yet.......as a professional-grade yapper, please send help
Image of SpongeBob sitting at a computer looking calm, vacant, and happy, overlayed with a close-up image of him screaming his noggin off
August 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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It was too gorgeous not to squeeze in a walk this afternoon—I’ve had a wonderful time adventuring this month, but I’m happy to be back in Portland ❤️
A view of the steel bridge in Portland, OR from the east side of the Willamette River. A train is crossing on the lower level of the bridge. The sky is a brilliant blue and is plastered with puffy, almost glowing clouds.
August 19, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Back at the writing desk this week!

Wrapping up movement 2 of 3 on an exciting commission, inspired by different types of conversations.

While I’ve always loved writing for clarinet, I haven't had much opportunity to write for string quartet, so I've been really enjoying playing around with this!
Screenshot of the first page of music for clarinet and string quartet. The title reads “Conversations for clarinet and string quartet,” composer Kimberly R. Osberg. The music shows individual string instruments entering, building up an ostinato texture. The clarinet enters a few bars later with quick, tuplet runs and short moments of sustain.
August 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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I was taking time to get my writing projects organized in my calendar—and realized I’m nearly booked out to the end of 2026 for commissions 🤯

If you’ve been thinking you want to reach about a commission to be finished in the next year, connect with me soon!
An image of a waterfall streaming off a cliff into a calm riverbed, surrounded by lush green trees in afternoon sunlight.
August 12, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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I have a lot to say about the last 36 hours, but WOW - the premiere of NIGHT LIGHTS has been such an amazing experience. I couldn’t be more proud to have had my music performed by these awe-inspiring young musicians.
A smiling woman with glasses and curly hair poses with an id card that reads “Minnesota Music Educators Association, Kimberly Osberg, Guest Composer, Orchestra” A wide view of nearly 100 orchestra musicians set for a concert inside a large gymnasium
August 3, 2025 at 3:18 AM