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.

Timothy has a passion for education. 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.

The orchestral setting is Timothy’s primary musical interest and focus. In line with his passion for orchestral performance, Timothy is extremely honored to have attended the Aspen Music Festival and School and the Atlantic Music Festival.

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.

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 completed two world premieres, being Bradley de Lucia’s A Late Autumn Fantasy and Alex Uhrlaub’s Offbeat for mixed chamber ensembles.

In line with his passion for 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.

During his time at Ithaca College, Timothy served as principal clarinet of the Ithaca College Symphony Orchestra, as well as Ithaca College’s premier Wind Ensemble for many consecutive semesters. 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 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.