Timothy Brock

Timothy Brock (b. 1963) has served as conductor/music director of the Olympia Chamber Orchestra since 1989. From the age of seventeen, Mr. Brock has received numerous commissions for his works. At twenty, Mr. Brock served in his first post as composer-in-residence for the University of Washington Chamber Orchestra. Other posts have included the Southeast Symphony, Olympia Chamber Orchestra, and Bravura String Quartet. Currently Brock is composer-in-residence for Film Preservation Associates, Los Angeles. This organization is devoted to the preservation of historic silent films, for which Mr. Brock has written his scores Berlin, Symphony of a Great City, The Last Laugh, The Love of Jeanne Ney, Faust, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, and Storm Over Asia. His score to Sunrise for 20th Century Fox was recently released on Laserdisc. Brock was the recipient of the 1989 PUMA Composer's Award for his Requiem for the Old St. Nicholas Church, a 1994 grant recipient of Artist Trust of Washington for his work on his two act opera, Billy and a 1995 grant recipient of the Washington State Arts Commission. Brock was awarded a composer Fellowship for 1996 by Artist Trust of Washington. Brock's commissioned works include three symphonies; two viola concertos; a clarinet concerto; a cello concerto; five symphonic poems; six string quartets; a string octet; a cantata; and other works. He has conducted his works in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Japan, as well as throughout the United States. This May (1998), Brock will be conducting the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra in a benefit silent-film concert. Brock lives with his wife and son in Olympia, Washington.