As Citizen Workshops transitions from North Hollywood to Northern California, please stay tuned and reach out if you would like to collaborate! See our workshops page for information on private coaching, or to purchase our online class Intro to Songwriting.
At the helm of Citizen Workshops is Kimberly Peterson Braun, a Los Angeles native who grew up dancing around the house while singing along to musical theater albums. Kim earned her Bachelors of Music in Vocal Arts at the University of Southern California, where she studied opera and musical theater while also dabbling in jazz, choral music, studio singing, pop, country, and cabaret. While living in New York, Kim independently released an album of her own music: Growing Up. She performed throughout New York, including at The Bitter End in Greenwich Village. Upon moving back to California in 2008, Kim wrote and performed an autobiographical one-woman musical, A Woman Grows in Brooklyn. Kim has performed the show to much acclaim, winning top awards at the Marin Fringe Festival and garnering a nomination from the Bay Area Theater Critics Circle. In 2012 Kim received her Master of Arts in Theater Arts from San Jose State University, where she taught acting to undergraduate students and delved into scholarly research. Kimberly launched Citizen Workshops in Los Angeles in 2015, where she loved collaborating with exceptionally talented artists (check out this great open mic night.) Now back in the Bay Area, Kimberly is enjoying her roles as teaching artist with TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, vocal music director for Cupertino and Monta Vista High Schools, Musical Theater instructor at A.C.T.'s Young Conservatory in San Francisco, and mom to baby boy Hudson Robert.
At the helm of Citizen Workshops is Kimberly Peterson Braun, a Los Angeles native who grew up dancing around the house while singing along to musical theater albums. Kim earned her Bachelors of Music in Vocal Arts at the University of Southern California, where she studied opera and musical theater while also dabbling in jazz, choral music, studio singing, pop, country, and cabaret. While living in New York, Kim independently released an album of her own music: Growing Up. She performed throughout New York, including at The Bitter End in Greenwich Village. Upon moving back to California in 2008, Kim wrote and performed an autobiographical one-woman musical, A Woman Grows in Brooklyn. Kim has performed the show to much acclaim, winning top awards at the Marin Fringe Festival and garnering a nomination from the Bay Area Theater Critics Circle. In 2012 Kim received her Master of Arts in Theater Arts from San Jose State University, where she taught acting to undergraduate students and delved into scholarly research. Kimberly launched Citizen Workshops in Los Angeles in 2015, where she loved collaborating with exceptionally talented artists (check out this great open mic night.) Now back in the Bay Area, Kimberly is enjoying her roles as teaching artist with TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, vocal music director for Cupertino and Monta Vista High Schools, Musical Theater instructor at A.C.T.'s Young Conservatory in San Francisco, and mom to baby boy Hudson Robert.
