Born in Surrey in 1972, Timothy began his singing career as a treble and alto in the choir of Chelmsford Cathedral in England. He was a cellist in The Essex Youth Orchestra, and an organist in four churches of the Chelmsford Diocese.

He achieved top grades in his study of the violoncello and organ and in 1994 gained a BA Hons Music Degree from Colchester Institute School of Music. He won the singing competition at Colchester, and was also the winner of the English Song Class, The Men's Oratorio, British Composer and Vocal Recital Classes in The Huddersfield Festival of Arts between 1993 & 1995.

By the time he graduated, he had become an established soloist in works ranging from Lully's Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme and Vivaldi's Nisi Dominus to Handel’s Hercules (Lichas) and Bernstein's Chichester Psalms.

He went on to win an Entrance Exhibition to study at the Royal Academy of Music with Charles Brett and Anthony Saunders. He was soon to become involved in a series of London concerts celebrating the tercentenary of the life of Henry Purcell, compiled by the late Robert Spencer at venues including The National Portrait Gallery, The Banqueting House, and The Royal Academy in London. He was awarded a Countess of Munster Trust Award to further his studies with Charles Brett.

In 1995 he was appointed a Lay-Clerk of St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle. During his nine years here, he worked extensively as a freelance singer, and began establishing himself as a singing teacher. He was made an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in 1999 and became a Professor of Singing at Trinity College of Music, London in 2001. In 2004 Timothy was appointed a Vicar Choral at St Paul’s Cathedral.

He has toured extensively, working with conductors such as Richard Hickox, Nicholas Kraemer, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Sir Charles Mackerras, Paul McCreesh, Masaaki Suzuki, Nicholas McGegan, Laurence Cummings, Brian Kay , Peter Holman, Nigel Short, John S Davies, Johnathan Rees-Williams, Denys Darlow, Malcolm Archer, Lorin Maazel and John Scott.

He has given recitals with lute and piano, most recently a recital of music of early and late Renaissance composers with the lutenist Jacob Heringman, broadcast for ‘The Early Music Show’ on BBC Radio 3.

He has performed at numerous festivals worldwide, including Nordic Baroque, Stour Music, Oslo Church Music, Windsor Festival, Leith Hill Music, The Bath International Music, Fishguard Music, London Handel Festival, Tel Aviv Christmas Festival, St Olaf Festival Trondheim, The BBC Proms, Suffolk Villages Festival.

In opera he has sung the title role in Gluck’s Orfeo (Suffolk Villages Festival) and in the chorus of the recent production of 1984 by Lorin Maazel (Royal Opera House).

If you are searching for information on, ‘Timothy Kenworthy-Brown’, you have been redirected to the right place. All the recordings Timothy has made under his previous surname are available on this website.

 

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