Timothy Cummings is a Vermont-based composer and multi-instrumentalist (chiefly a piper) who enjoys an uncommonly diverse repertoire. His music spans from contemporary and sacred genres to the traditional melodies of the British Isles, Appalachia, Cape Breton, Brittany, and beyond. He holds degrees in Music Education and Ethnomusicology from The College of Wooster (Ohio) and the New Zealand School of Music–Te Kōkī, and also studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and National Piping Centre (Glasgow). Tim is a former member of the City of Dunedin (Florida), College of Wooster, and Manawatu Scottish Pipe Bands, and served as the Artist in Residence at the College of Piping in Summerside, PEI. Today he runs Birchen Music & Publishing and performs both as a soloist and with Triton. He has appeared at Càirdeas, the Northeast Heritage Music Camp, The Pipers' Gathering, the Upper Potomac Piper's Weekend, the New World Festival, the Peacham Acoustic Music Festival, the Celtic Harmonies International Festival, the Dance Flurry, the Spanish Peaks Celtic Music Festival, Acadia Trad School, Boxwood Australia, Festival Chants de Vielles, the Celtic Arts Foundation, the Bellingham Celtic Festival, and Colaisde na Gàidhlig / The Gaelic College. Recent albums include The Wind Among the Reeds (2016), The Birds' Flight (2021) and Rule of Three (with Triton, 2023) — www.TimothyCummings.com — www.BirchenMusic.com