I teach music theory and composition at the Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam. I also play percussion with the Northern Symphonic Winds and the Orchestra of Northern New York. I live in Potsdam with my wife, mezzo soprano Lorraine Yaros Sullivan, and our animal companions.

 

And now...

The Standard Bio:

Tim Sullivan's compositions have received performances via the Colorado Symphony, American Opera Projects, 2008 NASA conference, ALEA III, Etcetera Festival of New Music, World Saxophone Congress XIII, Society of Composers conferences, and the University of Nebraska New Music Festival. He has received awards from ACO/Earshot, ASCAP, ALEA III, and Downbeat magazine. Sullivan was the co-founder of the Re-Source Ensemble, a composer's collective based in Ann Arbor, MI. He was also the co-founder and director of the Colorado Contemporary Music Consort, as well as filling the role of conductor, pianist, and percussionist for the group from 1997 to 2002. Also an accomplished jazz drummer, he has several recordings as a member of the Boulder Creative Music Ensemble, and has performed with Ron Miles at jazz festivals throughout the U.S.

Publications include essays on Alfred Schnittke in Perspectives of New Music (forthcoming 2011) and Musicians and Composers of the 20th Century (Salem Press, 2009) and a paper on Ligeti' piano music in Jonathan Bellman's A Short Guide to Writing About Music (1st edition). He presented a paper on the music of Alfred Schnittke at the 2005 National Meeting of the Society for Music Theory. His theoretical work focuses primarily on recent music - in particular Grisey, Schnittke, Ligeti and Feldman.

He holds a Ph.D. in Composition and Music Theory from the University of Michigan, a dual M.M. in Music History and Music Theory/Composition from the University of Northern Colorado, and also a B.M. in Music Theory and Composition from UNC. His composition teachers include Bright Sheng, Andrew Mead, William Bolcom, Betsy Jolas, and Karen Tanaka. Additional lessons and master classes have included Georges Aperghis, Toshio Hosokawa, Dieter Mack, Helmut Lachenmann, and Beat Furrer.

 

Headshot (photo by Joey Francoeur-Krzyzek):

 

Photo with Andrew Mead, one of my favorite people on the planet!

 

Photo with maestro Vit Micka, conductor of the Moravian Philharmonic.