Timothy Conner

  Frost School of Music, University of Miami

Timothy Conner is an associate professor of trombone at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami. In addition to teaching individual studio lessons, he conducts the Frost Trombone Choir, coaches chamber music, teaches trombone pedagogy and literature, and serves as a faculty mentor on multiple doctoral committees. Tim previously held the position of principal trombone of the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra, Florida Grand Opera, and Miami City Ballet, and he has performed with the Spoleto, Chautauqua, Heidelberg, and Bedford Springs Festival Orchestras; Naples and Rochester Philharmonics; Jerusalem Symphony; Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich; and Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. He has recorded on the Mark, Albany, Mercury, Harmonia Mundi, and Naxos labels.

Tim has been studying and practicing mindfulness meditation since 2010. He has completed Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Mindful Performance Enhancement, Awareness, and Knowledge training. He is a member of the University of Miami’s Mindfulness Research and Practice Initiative, and he regularly leads mindfulness meditation classes in many settings. Conner is a member of the South Florida Musician’s Association, International Trombone Association, Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. He is an alumus of the Eastman School of Music.