David Kimpton (26/10/1984), an Australian composer.

David Kimpton was born in Hong Kong in 1984, but since early 1987 has lived in eastern Australia (originally Sydney, later Newcastle and now on the Central Coast, midway between the two cities). At the age of 5, David commenced lessons on the Piano, beginning a life-long love of music. Once reaching high school, David commenced playing Percussion, initially through a short-lived school orchestra, then in a local youth orchestra. Over the next five years, he learned much from the orchestras and other groups he played with, and eventually he started composing his own music. Although some earlier works were abrupt failures, he persevered, producing a number of smaller works before his first two major orchestral works in 2002 - RainDance, and the Piano Concerto. In 2003, David commenced a Bachelor of Teaching/Bachelor of Music double degree at the University of Newcastle, majoring in composition. He also joined Waratah Brass, the #1 ranked Brass Band in Australia. Although the composing slowed down a bit as a result of the extra workload of university, it continued on, and the next two years provided two new major works (Sketches and Free Born), an extra movement for the Piano Concerto, and the first two movements of an ambitions long-term work - the Requiem. In 2005, David chose to transfer to the Bachelor of Music program to focus on composition, with the possibility of returning to education later in his life.