Timothy Coffey’s goal is to help others explore their own emotions through music. He actively shares the importance of careful practice and exciting performance in a way that will carry beyond music and into the lives of others. Timothy is pursuing a career that combines performance with the collegiate studio professor experience.

The orchestral setting is Timothy’s primary musical interest and focus. His passion for orchestral performance has led him to attend festivals like the Aspen Music Festival and School and Atlantic Music Festival. This summer, Timothy will be a member of the Round Top Festival Institute Orchestra.

Timothy has been very active so far during his time at the Lamont School of Music. He has been principal clarinet of the Lamont Symphony Orchestra and the Lamont Wind Ensemble. Additionally, Timothy has been an advocate for new music, participating in the Modern Music Ensemble program where he has joined free-improvisation groups and performing world premieres by his peers.

Timothy is proud to announce that he is the musical director and founding member of the Massachusetts Modern Music Retreat, which will have its inaugural season this coming August.

In line with his devotion to new music, Timothy has premiered Ethan Pinckert’s Thought Pattern for Two Clarinets in A and ‘Tis you, tis you… for Clarinet and Piano. As winner of the Lamont Solo Honors Competition, he will perform Jan Van der Roost’s Clarinet Concerto with the Lamont Symphony Orchestra on May 28th, 2025. Timothy was also selected as a winner at the Ithaca College Concerto Competition, where he performed the Nielsen Clarinet Concerto at the Ithaca College Symphony Orchestra 2022-2023 season finale.

Timothy aspires to be an educator and is actively taking steps towards this goal. Students of Timothy have had great success both in their own personal playing and when competing at the state and regional level. He aims to integrate being a performer with being an educator, and is actively developing his own private studio.

Timothy has received master classes from clarinetists Mariam Adam, Shannon Kiewitt, Michael Webster, Jérôme Voisin, Paul Cho, Charles Neidich, Ayako Oshima, Pavel Vinnitsky, Julian Bliss, and Narek Arutyunian, where he has received praise for his attention to detail, tone, and sense of style.

Timothy recently completed his Bachelor of Music in Performance degree under the tutelage of Dr. Richard Faria at Ithaca College. He is currently studying with Dr. Jeremy Reynolds at the Lamont School of Music for his Master of Music in Performance, where he serves as the Newman Fellow.