About Timothy
Timothy Hanley is a clarinetist and music educator based in Brooklyn, NY. Originally from Houston, TX, he is an active freelance performer and teacher in the New York and New Jersey area. He is the bass clarinetist of Voyager Reed Quintet. Some highlights of his performing career include performing as Principal Clarinet in the OperaMaya festival in 2021 and 2023, Assistant Principal Clarinet for Opera in the Ozarks in the Summer of 2019, touring a wind quintet across Sardinia as a part of the Tra Mare, Stelle e Magia Festival, and performing with the PRISMA Festival Orchestra in Summers 2018 and 2022. He appeared as a soloist with the Boston Conservatory Conductor’s Orchestra in 2019. Timothy was awarded Young Artist of the Year at the 2017 Zodiac Music Festival in Côte d’Azur, France.
Timothy holds a B.M. from the University of Houston, and a M.M. at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee. He is currently pursuing a DMA at Rutgers University. His principal teachers are Mark Dover, Jessica Phillips, Randall Griffin, YaoGuang Zhai, and Michael Norsworthy.
Timothy teaches students and masterclasses for Through the Staff, an organization dedicated to breaking down the systemic barriers in the music education field that block young musicians from accessing musical resources. He also teaches privately in New York and New Jersey, and teaches classes and assists with the Marching Band at Rutgers University.