– Kim Harry does it all!

A TRAINED Guyanese musician, Kimberly ‘Kim’ Samuels-Harry has a fondness for various aspects of music and theatre and can competently perform and excel in all. Perhaps the reason for this, she believes, is the environment in which she grew up in where her dad was also a musician and ran a music school.

The 30-year old, brought up in music, studied it years ago.

Growing up, she recalls learning to play different instruments. “I had to learn to read music, to sing, and all that there is,” Kimberly told Buzz this week.

In addition to singing, she also had her heart set on becoming an actress, so in 2013, she got into theatre at the National School of Theatre Arts and Drama, where she studied theatre and got a diploma. From here, Kimberly felt like things truly took off for her. “Being on the stage, arts, music, is life for me,” she expressed.

As a music and art teacher for 10 years, Kimberly felt she wanted to do more than this. She was quite business oriented and wanted to incorporate business in anything she was doing. So when the pandemic came, she decided it was time to go after her goal of being more involved in business.

She’d still conduct music workshops when she is needed but she focuses her attention on her salon, Empress Stylz-Locs.

In addition, Kimberly does performances; she dances, composes music, act, sing, play instruments and writes plays and poetry.

“I was always artistic and I was born into it. Being around her dad’s dance school, Samuels Music and Conservatory, no doubt helped to develop her love and passion in these areas.

So far in her entertainment career, Kimberly is especially proud of the manner in which she has been able to represent Guyana, especially through the National Drama Company which she would have travelled with for Carifesta.

She would love to continue representing Guyana on the international stage and wants to do all she can to promote the work she and like-minded individuals do.

Kimberly is also proud of her accomplishments. Some years ago, she won Best Supporting Actress in the National Drama Festival. She also won in different categories of Guyana Music Festival some time ago.