Timothy
Roberts is an active cellist, teacher and chamber musician in the Boston
area. He received his Bachelor of Music from New England
Conservatory, Master of Music
from Northwestern University and pursued Doctoral work at the Cleveland
Institute of Music. His principal teachers include Alan Harris,
Timothy Eddy and Paul Tobias.
Mr. Roberts performed with the Smithsonian Chamber Players in New York
and Washington D.C. and recorded with them on Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
He has toured with the Vienna Choir Boys as a member of the Brandenburg
Ensemble, with Alea III to Greece, and with the New England Ragtime
Ensemble under Gunther Schuller. He has performed and gone on tour
numerous times with the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra.
Mr. Roberts has also played with many musical organizations including
the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Ballet, Florida Orchestra, Opera
Company of Boston, Rhode Island Philharmonic, Boston Academy of Music,
Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, New Hampshire Symphony, Portland Symphony,
South Coast Chamber Music Society, Charles River Trio, Eos Ensemble and
the Boston Classical Orchestra. He maintains a private studio in Needham
and Hingham, and has performed solo recitals in Boston, Chicago,
Florida, and the Washington, D.C. area.
Broadcasts include WCVB TV Channel 5, WGBY Channel 44, WCRB, and live
performances on “Classics in the Morning” “Morning Pro Musica” and
“Classical Performances” on WGBH Radio in Boston. He is Founder
and Artistic Director of the Art of Music Chamber Players, which began
performances in the summer of 1997. There are now five separate
concerts series in Boston, Brookline, and the “Concerts in the Country”
at Wellesley and Duxbury and Canton. Mr. Roberts has performed in
over 100 different programs. The Art of Music Chamber Players has also
performed five times for WCRB’s “Classical at Copley”, and has given
numerous performances for many years at the Gore Estate Summer concerts.
The Players returned to both locations this summer. Last year he
performed a cello recital at the Salle Cortot in Paris, and with AMCP
members in St. Maarten in November of 2003.
Mr. Roberts plays a Gabrielli cello, 1751, made in Florence.
