Tim’s dissertation on music composition entitled “Three Dances for String Orchestra” was completed this summer at the University of Florida. Tim has received awards in the Goliard Ensemble Composition Competition, the LaGrange Symphony Young Artist Composition Competition, and the 2004 Pedrick-Hutson Guitar Duo Commission Contest. His compositions have recently been performed at Music '04, the 2005 Nong Project, SEAMUS 2006 and by the string orchestra, R20 in Wroclaw, Poland. In October 2003, Tim composed a score for the WIP Studios film, “Prison-a-Go-Go!”, which has received several awards including “Best Feature Film” in the Backseat Film Festival. Tim graduated from a small school, LaGrange College, in Georgia and is thrilled to be teaching at a liberal arts school.