Timothy Lines
studied at the Royal College of Music with Michael Collins and now
enjoys a wide-ranging career as a clarinettist. He has played
with all the major symphony orchestras in London as well as with
chamber groups including London Sinfonietta and the Birmingham
Contemporary Music Group. From 1999 to 2003 he was principal
clarinet of the London Symphony Orchestra and was also chairman of
the orchestra during his last year there. In September 2004
he was appointed section leader clarinet of the City of Birmingham
Symphony Orchestra, a position he held until January 2006, when he
left to focus on his freelance career.
He plays on original instruments with the
English Baroque Soloists, the Orchestre Revolutionnaire et
Romantique and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and is
also frequently engaged to record film music and pop music
tracks.
Much in demand as a teacher, Timothy is
professor of clarinet at both the Royal College of Music and the
Royal Academy of Music and has also directed concerts given by the
RCM's New Perspectives Ensemble. He is also the clarinet
coach for the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain.