Tim Rumsey
1977
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Tim Rumsey, a composer and
arranger, completed a DMA (ABD) in composition from The University of Georgia
in 2012. His dissertation, Neither Life Nor Death,
was premiered by Southern Adventist University in April 2012. It is a forty-minute
oratorio for soloist, chorus, orchestra, and organ that presents
the plan of redemption with a text drawn from multiple Biblical sources. A
recording of the SAU performance can be heard online at www.LaudationMusic.com.
Tim was born and raised in
Lincoln, Nebraska, one of two children and the only son of Greg Grantt and Shirley Mae Rumsey. He was raised in a home
where music was important, both parents being versatile musicians who played
brass instruments and were active in music. Tim and his sister, Laura, learned
to play trumpet and French horn, respectively.
He recently talked about his early experiences in music and the role
both his father and his music teacher, Steve Hall, played in his development.
I
started piano lessons in the second grade and then started trumpet in the fifth
grade in a beginner’s band at Helen Hyatt Elementary School. Sometime in my
freshman or sophomore year in College View Academy my dad, who had a minor in
music and was a trombonist, and I got a brass group together, and he helped me
arrange a medley of Christmas songs. It was the first music writing that I did,
one I really enjoyed. By the time I finished high school, I had decided I
wanted to be in music. I played under Steve from seventh-grade through academy
and college. He was a pivotal and
inspiring person in my musical development, and both he his wife, Gail, were
very supportive and encouraging.
Rumsey gained recognition for
his gifts as a composer and arranger while still a student at Union College. A
brass player, Rumsey played in the band and UC’s sextet under Hall during his
time there as a music major. He graduated from UC in 2000 and subsequently
completed an M.Mus. in theory and composition at James
Madison University.
He taught music at Shenandoah
Valley for seven years following graduation from UC. He also taught trumpet as
an adjunct faculty member at Eastern Mennonite University for a year while at
SVA and then held a teaching fellowship in theory at the University of Georgia
while doing graduate work. From 2009 to 2012 he taught music at Bass Memorial
Academy in Mississippi. He presently is working in a family business in Denver.
In 2008 Rumsey founded
Laudation Music (www.LaudationMusic.com), a publisher of sacred, educational,
and contemporary music. His music has been performed in numerous churches and
schools in the U.S., by the Union College Concert Winds, Brass Union and Unionaires, and at the 2000 General Conference Session in
Toronto, Canada.
He has released two CDs, Hymns for Brass, featuring arrangements of best-loved hymns for brass
ensemble, and Emmanuel, a collection of orchestral/choral Christmas
music performed by Paradigm Vocal Ensemble and other musicians. These CD's and
music for his arrangements and compositions are available from Mark Foster
Music, Alliance Publications, and Laudation Music. His music can also be heard
on Masterworks of the Modern Era,
Volume 11, recorded by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.
Rumsey married Stacey June
Beardsley in June 2008. They have a son, James Douglas, born in 2012.
ds/2012
Sources:
Information provided by Tim Rumsey, 2010, 2012; personal knowledge.
Music by Tim Rumsey
A Selective Listing
Vocal/Choral
Fantasia on Adeste Fideles and Veni, Veni Emmanuel
SATB (div.), opt. children's chorus,
orchestra, 7m (2002)
Father, Today I Leave Your Side
TB duet, SATB, piano, 6:45m (2002)
I'm Gonna Let it Shine!
(Medley) TTBBB (a capella), 5m
Neither Life Nor Death Oratorio for solo soprano, alto, baritone, chorus (SATB,
div.) orchestra, organ, 40 m (2012)
Praise the Lord! SATB (div.),
piano, 5m (2003)
Prophesy! SATB, piano,
3:30m, (2003)
Sanctus SSAATTBB (a
capella), 6m (2005)
Songs of Eden SATB (div.),
piano, harp, cello, 18m (2001)
They Shall Soar on Wings Like Eagles
SATB, div., (1999)
Though the Fig Tree Does Not Flourish TTBB (a
capella), 3:30m 2010
Traveler's Prayer SATB (a capella), 4m (2006)
Worthy is the Lamb SATB (div.), brass choir (4.2.2.1), organ, timp,
perc., 8m (2002)
Band
Fanfare Prelude on Lift Up the Trumpet
Concert Band, 3m (2003)
Brass
Fanfare for A Princess Brass Quintet,
Organ, Timp, 3m (2008)
Fanfare on The Morning Trumpet
Brass Choir 3m (2012)
Fanfare Prelude on Italian Hymn 4 Tpt, 2 Hn, 2 Tbn,
Tb, Organ, Timp, 4m (2005)
Freedom Fanfare 6 Tpt, 5 Hn,
2 Tbn, 2 Eph, 2 Tb, Timp, Perc., 2:30m (2002)
Be Thou My Vision (Traditional) Brass Quintet 3m
Prism Brass
Quintet, 5:30m (2009)
Woodwind
Five Sketches Woodwind
Quintet, 6m (2004)
Meditation on I Wonder as I Wander
Woodwind Quintet, 5:30 m (2004)
The Sacred Pools of Hana Woodwind
Quintet and Piano, 9m (2009)
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