Timothy van Cleave

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About Timothy van Cleave

Percussionist Timothy Van Cleave performs music in many different styles including traditional percussion repertoire, jazz, orchestral music and contemporary improvisation. Timothy often premiers newly composed works by his composition colleagues. Composer Dr. Jody Nagel describes his stylistic diversity as “equaled only by the best percussionists around the world.” Timothy Van Cleave is a collaborative musical artist and music educator. He pursues a variety of performing opportunities with orchestras, chamber ensembles, jazz ensembles, indie-classical-pop, and Indian Classical Music. He has performed as a contemporary improvisor at the Chautauqua Institute in western New York, the Greencastle Summer Music Festival in Greencastle, Indiana, and the Columbia Chamber Players in Chatham, New York. As a contemporary chamber musician Timothy has performed with Ethos Collective, Fringe Percussion, Erato Ensemble, RedShift Music Society, and Vancouver New Music. As an orchestral percussionist he has performed with the Vancouver, Kamloops, and Vancouver Island symphonies. As a jazz vibraphonist he has performed in many groups with Vancouver jazz greats at St. Andrews Wesleyan’s Jazz Vespers, restaurants, nightclubs, and private functions. As a music educator, Timothy has worked with students in Portland, Oregon and the Lower Mainland of British Columbia from several different organizations including Ethos Music, the Sarah McLachlan School of Music, Salina Cheng Academy of Music, Tom Lee Music Learning Centre, as a guest Artist in Residence for the Seycove Music Department, and as a guest instructor at the West Coast Amateur Musicians Society annual summer camp. For more information and updates visit : Email: timothy(at)timothyvancleave.com