Tim Fitzpatrick
Assistant Professor of Music
Choral Music/Vocal Education
PAC 39; (360) 650-7290
Timothy.Fitzpatrick@wwu.edu
Degrees:
- Master of Music: University of Texas
- Bachelor of Arts: Western Washington University
A versatile musician with many areas of expertise, Tim Fitzpatrick has pursued a career that is supported by outstanding academic achievements and diverse musical endeavors. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in piano from Western Washington University in 1982. His areas of focus included piano, harpsichord, choral music and accompanying. In 1985, Tim received his Master of Music in Piano Performance from The University of Texas in Austin where he studied piano performance and pedagogy. After three years of teaching at Summerstar, a private music school in Bellingham, Tim moved to San Francisco. While there, he conducted a male chorus entitled The Songbirds, worked as Minister of Music at St. Bartholomew’s Church in San Mateo, received voice training and studied choral conducting at San Francisco State University where he also accompanied, coached private voice and taught singing classes. Tim coached voice and taught piano privately, prepared singers for the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, coached numerous vocal ensembles and performed at Max’s Opera Café, a popular San Francisco restaurant that featured opera, classical, jazz, Broadway and pop music.
In 1996, Tim was offered a position in WWU’s music department as professional accompanist and worked there until 1998. Since his return to Bellingham, he has established a private teaching studio and worked as Director of Music with the Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship. In the summer of 2002, Tim completed a Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting from WWU and has served there as adjunct choral faculty, directing the University Women’s Chorale, Men’s Ensemble and University Choir. In March 2006, he was hired to the position of Assistant Professor of Choral Music/ Vocal Education. His choirs have toured the Pacific Northwest, Canada, and the Baltic Region and have been featured numerous times at the Northwestern ACDA Division Convention. Tim now serves as President-elect to the Washington state chapter of ACDA. He is active as a choral and vocal adjudicator around the Northwest. He is also founder and artistic director of the Bellingham Chamber Chorale, established in 2003.
