T I N W H I S T L E
T I M O T H Y C U M M I N G S
Tim is a widely sought-after piper and whistle player, and has been on the faculty at Middlebury College for the past six years. He guides total beginners and advanced players alike on the familiar Scottish Highland pipes, whistle (a.k.a. penny- or tin-whistle), Border pipes, and Scottish smallpipes. A diverse repertoire, including music from Scotland, Ireland, Cape Breton, Brittany, and Appalachia, is taught both by ear and with the aid of sheet music.
Tim 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. |
In recent years he has led workshops and performed at the Northeast Heritage Music Camp, the Beinn Gorm Smallpipe Weekend, Maine Pipes & Fiddle, 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 writes for Piping Today magazine. Recent projects have included his first solo album, ‘The Piper in the Holler: Tunes from Appalachia’ (2012), and composing the original score for the indie Scottish film 'To Kill a Kelpie' (2013). 
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