Tim Cummings, a native of Tennessee, began his musical studies at the age of 6 as a student of the piano. He took up the Highland pipes at age 8, and piping has been his primary musical focus ever since.

Tim has studied composition with Jack Gallagher and Jack Body; piping with Al MacRae, Sandy Keith, Scott MacAulay, and briefly with the faculty at the National Piping Centre in Glasgow. 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). During the 2002-03 school year, he was the 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 he continues to arrange much of their repertoire. He currently lives in Vermont, where he works as a teacher, performer, arranger, and composer of piping and Celtic-related music. On occasion you might also find him helping out at Shelburne Farms or piping to moose and bear along the Appalachian Trail.

www.timothycummings.com