Tim Genis is an American timpanist. He is the principal timpanist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a position he has held since 2003.[1] He was the assistant timpanist of the BSO from 1993 to 2003 and the associate timpanist and assistant principal percussionist of the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra from 1991 to 1993. He was also previously the assistant principal percussionist of the Hong Kong Philharmonic.[2]
Genis holds an undergraduate degree from the Juilliard School where he studied with Roland Kohloff.[3] He teaches at Boston University.[4]
Students
edit- Aziz Daniel Barnard Luce (principal percussion, Hong Kong Philharmonic)[5]
- Dan Bauch (percussion and timpani, Boston Symphony Orchestra)[6]
- Kyle Brightwell (percussion, Boston Symphony Orchestra)[7]
- Matthew McKay (percussion, Boston Symphony Orchestra)[8]
- Michael Israelievitch (principal timpani, SWR Symphonieorchester; formerly principal timpani and percussion, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra)[9]
- Joseph Becker (principal percussion, Detroit Symphony Orchestra)[10]
- Michael Roberts (percussion, Oregon Symphony)[11]
- Keith Carrick (principal percussion, Utah Symphony)[12]
References
edit- ^ Pollack-Fusi, Mindy (June 15, 2005). "Two BSO musicians". The Boston Globe.
- ^ "Timothy Genis".
- ^ T.J. Medrek (Nov 19, 2004). "BSO Percussionist is a WORLD-BEETER". Boston Herald. p. 19.
- ^ "Timothy Genis » College of Fine Arts | Boston University". www.bu.edu. Archived from the original on September 8, 2010.
- ^ "Jacksonville Symphony Newsletter by Design Extensions". ISSUU.com. 7 December 2009. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
- ^ "The Daily Free Press - BU Percussionist Begins his First 2009-2010 BSO Season with a Bang". www.dailyfreepress.com. Archived from the original on March 8, 2010.
- ^ "Kyle Brightwell Earns a Spot as Percussionist for Boston Symphony Orchestra". Connectionnewspapers.com. 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
- ^ Powers, Keith (2012-02-21). "Blog Archive » Boston Symphony Orchestra hires four new members". Bostonclassicalreview.com. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
- ^ http://www.zildjian.com/DE-DE/news/newsDetail.ad2?newsID=1395 [dead link]
- ^ "Detroit Symphony introduces Principal Flute and Principal Percussion « Detroit Symphony Orchestra News". Blog.dso.org. Archived from the original on 2016-01-17. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
- ^ "Oregon Symphony Musician: Michael Roberts". Orsymphony.org. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
- ^ "Percussion". Utahsymphony.org. 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
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