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Tim Goplerud enjoys working at the intersection of classical and vernacular musical traditions. A former
double bassist who spent years playing in jazz groups as well as symphony orchestras, he aims to write
music that is inventively structured yet melodically and rhythmically appealing and is as gratifying to
play as it is to hear. His formal study of music took place at Yale University (BM in Music), The Juilliard
School (MM in Bass Performance) and the Peabody Conservatory (graduate study in composition and electronic
music). Principal teachers include David Lewin and Allen Forte for theory, David Diamond and Robert Hall
Lewis for composition, Homer Mensch and Eugene Levinson for bass and Miroslav Vitous and Dave Holland for
jazz bass.
As a bassist, he has performed with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, New World Symphony,
Delaware Symphony, Richmond Symphony, Virginia Beach Pops, Baltimore Improvisation Ensemble, and the
Aspen Chamber and Festival Orchestras. His Concerto for English Horn was premiered by Carrie Vecchione
at the 2001 International Double Reed Society Conference, and his Solo Sonata for Double Bass was
premiered by Rolf Erdahl at the International Society of Bassists conference of the same year. He is a member of ASCAP.
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