pipingtim@gmail.com
www.timothycummings.com  |  www.birchenmusic.com

Tim is a widely sought-after piper (of all Scottish varieties) and whistle player, and has been providing private tuition at Middlebury for the past five years.  He has studied piping with Al MacRae, Sandy Keith, and Scott MacAulay, and spent a semester studying at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (née RSAMD) and the National Piping Centre in Glasgow. He has also enjoyed several master classes with Fin Moore, Gary West, and Grey Larsen.  He earned his undergraduate degree in Music Education (The College of Wooster, OH); and both a B.A. Honours degree in Ethnomusicology and an M.A. in Musicology (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand). Tim was the 2002-03 Artist in Residence at The College of Piping and Celtic Performing Arts of Canada (Summerside, PEI).  While living in New Zealand, Tim was a member of the highly competitive Manawatu Scottish Pipe Band, and has arranged much of their repertoire. In recent years he has led workshops and performed at the Northeast Heritage Music Camp, Maine Pipes & Fiddle weekends, The Pipers' Gathering, PEI Fiddle Camp, the Vermont Bellowspipe & Fiddle School, Trad Camp (VT), the Upper Potomac Piper's Weekend, and the Champlain Valley Folk Festival.  In addition to teaching and performing, Tim operates Birchen Music & Publishing, a cottage industry devoted to publishing a diverse array of new music for Scottish-style pipes.  He also frequently contributes to Piping Today, the leading piping magazine out of the National Piping Centre.  His first solo album, ‘The Piper in the Holler: Tunes from Appalachia’, was just released in 2012.