timothy Roy

TIMOTHY ROY composes music steeped in imagery and allusion, which seeks to elicit a sense of time, place, and feeling. With an output that encompasses instrumental and vocal works, electronic sound, and the intersection of these two realms, Tim endeavors to explore a broad range of mediums and contexts in which his work might be experienced.

His music has been presented at such venues and events as the National Theater of Taipei, Music Biennale Zagreb, the DiMenna Center, ZKM Karlsruhe, Moores Opera House, San Francisco Tape Music Festival, Darmstädter Ferienkurse, June in Buffalo, Sonorities Festival Belfast, Los Angeles County Arboretum, and the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. 

Tim has been recognized nationally and internationally, with first prizes in the Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award, ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Commission Award, Robert Avalon International Competition for Composers, and the Sigma Alpha Iota Inter-American Music Award. In 2024, he received an Honorable Mention in the McKnight Composer Fellowship awards from American Composers Forum. His music has been commissioned by the American Harp Society, Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra, Musiqa Houston, and ASCAP/SEAMUS, and further supported by the I-Park Foundation, Zentrum für Kunst und Medien (Karlsruhe, Germany) and Minnesota’s Metropolitan Regional Arts Council. His music is published by Edition Peters, Albany Records, New Focus Recordings, and GIA Publications. 

Tim resides in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where he is choirmaster and organist at the Church of Saint Peter Roman Catholic Community. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, as well as degrees from University of Missouri-Kansas City (MM) and Southern Methodist University (BM).