Tim Davis

Timothy A. Davis (b. Springfield, Massachusetts) has studied composition with Lawrence Fritts, David Gompper, Thomas Oboe Lee, Salvatore Macchia, and Bruce MacCombie, and has earned degrees from Boston College (B.A., 2002), the University of Massachusetts (M.Mus., 2006), and the University of Iowa (Ph.D., 2009). Recent commissions of Tim’s work include Americana (2006) for the Bay Colony Brass, Chants of the Ocean (2007) for tubist Valentine Bialecki, and The Terraces of Purgatory (2008) for soprano Shannon Rose McAuliffe. Tim’s music has been performed by the Bay Colony Brass; the Indiana University Brass Choir; the University of Iowa Chamber Orchestra; choirs at the University of Massachusetts, the University of Iowa, and Indiana University; the Movadi Wind Quintet; the University of Massachusetts Graduate Woodwind Quintet; and by numerous undergraduate and graduate students and ensembles. His compositions have been programmed at the 2007 and 2008 Midwest Composers’ Symposiums, the 2009 “Tutti” New Music Festival at Denison University, and at the 2009 Bay View (Michigan) Music Festival. In Memoriam (2005, rev. 2008) for symphony orchestra will appear in an upcoming volume of ERM Media’s "Masterworks of the New Era" CD series, recorded by members of the Prague Radio and Czech Philharmonic Symphony Orchestras.