Kimberly Osberg

Kimberly R. Osberg is a Portland-based composer from Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Her projects have included dance, film, environmental sound installations, instrumental theatre, plays, opera, visual art, award ceremonies, and stage combat, in addition to traditional concert settings. Her music has been described as “brilliant,” “highly-engaging,” “wonderfully suspenseful,” “intensely colorful,” and “wonderfully humorous and witty” and has received acclaim from academic, commercial, and public audiences alike.

While Kimberly is especially honored to have collaborated with musicians from the National Symphony, Dallas, Atlanta, Oregon, and Indianapolis orchestras, she is proud to write music for musicians at all stages of their careers—including residencies and premieres with the Minnesota Music Educators Association All-State Orchestra, New Jersey Youth Symphony, and more. She currently serves as the Composer-in-Residence for Chatter PDX (2025-2027).

Outside of writing music, Kimberly is also a passionate creative placemaker. During the pandemic, she created five low-budget commissioning projects that empowered over 60 soloists and chamber ensembles to commission substantial works—many for their first time. In partnership with Fear No Music and Chatter PDX, Kimberly’s latest project, A Year of Trees, will commission new string quartets from 12 composers in support of forest conservation in the PNW.