She studied piano with Miss S. Honey[1] and in 1942 was awarded an AMusA by the Australian Music Examinations Board at age 14.

[5] In 1946, she won a British Council Scholarship at the ABC Young Performers Awards,[6] which led to her studying at the Royal Academy of Music.

[5] Kimber debuted at Wigmore Hall in 1950 and in following years performed under conductors including Adrian Boult, Malcolm Sargent and John Barbirolli in England and Kirill Kondrashin in the Soviet Union.

[7] In Moscow in 1958, she won a Diploma of First Distinction at the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition, following which she studied for a year with Soviet violinist David Oistrakh.

[5] Kimber returned to Australia and joined the Elder Conservatorium of Music in 1964 as a lecturer, rising to associate professor prior to her retirement in 1998.