Paula M. Kimper, b. 1956, is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music and has been active in New York City for 30 years as a composer of opera, theater, dance, film and song. Ms. Kimper’s first opera, "Patience & Sarah," received its world premiere in Lincoln Center Festival '98, and was most recently produced in Oakland, California. "The Captivation of Eunice Williams," commissioned by the PVMA of Deerfield, MA, premiered in July 2004, and was most recently performed in Skopje, Macedonia, in an historic co-production of the Albanian National Theater Company and the Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra. Ms. Kimper is at work on an opera based on "The Bridge of San Luis Rey" by Thornton Wilder. She has received commissions from The Phoenix Concerts, Downtown Music Productions, Amy Pivar Dances, Old Deerfield Productions, Richard Daniels, The Walt Whitman Project, American Opera Projects, and others. "Don Juan," the play, in a new translation of Molière by Virginia Scott, was scored for solo guitar and performed live by the composer in 2007. Ms. Kimper has composed for films and television since 1987. GLACIER BAY, an award-winning 2006 short film, directed by Douglas Moser, features music by Kimper. Flight of the HARMONIC MESSENGER, a 1993 electro-acoustic CD release, has aired worldwide.