October 16th @ 9pm – Tim Olsen Quartet

Tim Olsen is active as a composer, performer, and educator. Born in 1961 in St. Paul, Minnesota, he began his musical training playing trumpet in marching, concert, and jazz bands. He started writing and arranging for these groups and picked up piano by ear.

Olsen earned a Bachelor of Music, summa cum laude, in music theory and composition from Washington University in St. Louis in 1983; a Master of Arts in music theory and composition from the University of Minnesota in 1985; and a Master of Music in 1988, Master of Musical Arts in 1989, and Doctor of Musical Arts in composition in 1995 from Yale University. As a Fulbright Scholar in 1990–91, he studied with composer Ib Nørholm at the Royal Danish Conservatory of Music in Copenhagen.