|
Timothy Carpenter (b. 1964)
Timothy D. Carpenter holds a BA in Music Education from Berea College, Berea, Kentucky, where he studied conducting under Stephen Bolster and theory and harmony with John Courter. This is where his interest in composition and arranging grew and was fostered (especially in the field of non-barbershop music for male quartet). It was there that he was awarded the Hutchins Prize for Creative Achievement for his "Three Songs for Male Quartet". He also holds a MM in Choral Conducting from the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music, where he studied under Elmer Thomas, Earl Rivers and the late John Leman. He has participated in workshops under Robert Shaw, Alice Parker, Dale Warland, and Sir David Willcocks. A public school music teacher since 1987, Tim has taught every grade level from kindergarten to college and has served as a choral clinician in several schools. He is currently the Director of Choral Music and Musical Theatre in the Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington Schools in Ripley, Ohio, and is the Director of Music for the Milford First United Methodist Church in Milford, Ohio, where these works were premiered. In his spare time (!), Tim teaches private voice lessons through the Musical Arts Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, under the tutelage of voice expert Karl Resnik. His wife Tracy is an extremely successful junior high choral instructor in the Milford Schools and an accomplished flutist. She was the inspiration for his publication 'Three Sacred Quartets for 4 C Flutes', published by Falls House Press (www.fallshousepress.com) and distributed by Theodore Presser. They have two sons, Jacob (French horn) and Aaron (trumpet), a gray shorthaired cat named Dusty and an English Jack Russell terrier named Annie. Despite all outward appearances, Annie is in charge.
|
