Timothy Northcut has performed with the DPO for 11 years and is also a member of its Carillon Brass Quintet.

He holds degrees from Tennessee Tech University, Catholic University, and Arizona State University.

Tim subs with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, and New Jersey Symphony and is a member of the Summit Brass, Canterbury Brass and the Cincinnati Contemporary Jazz Orchestra.

His day job for 22 years is Professor of Music and Instructor in Tuba and Euphonium at University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). In 1997, 2003 and 2010, Tim was awarded CCM’s Ernest N. Glover Outstanding Teacher Award. He also serves as Conductor of its Brass Choir.

It should be noted that Tim’s past experience included serving as a member of The United States Army Field Band (Washington, D.C.).

Tim hails from Waverly, Tennessee, and comes from a musical family, with his mother still active as a church organist.