Education
BM DePaul University
MM Northwestern University
About
Timothy Zavadil has held the clarinet and bass clarinet position with the Minnesota Orchestra since 2007, where he also performs on E-flat clarinet, contrabass clarinet, basset horn, and saxophones. He has previously been a member of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Louisville Orchestra, Toledo Symphony and Civic Orchestra of Chicago. In April 2019 Zavadil gave the North American premiere of American composer Geoffrey Gordon's Prometheus Concerto for Bass Clarinet and Orchestra with the Minnesota Orchestra under the baton of Osmo Vänskä.
A dedicated educator, Mr. Zavadil has held teaching positions at the University of Minnesota and the University of Louisville in addition to maintaining a home studio. Since 2016 he has served as Director of Operations at CAYO, a Twin Cities-based non-profit which connects young musicians from the US and Cuba through youth cultural diplomacy and has been a regular teaching artist and mentor for hundreds of students from both countries.
Originally a native of St. Louis, Mr. Zavadil received his Bachelor of Music degree from DePaul University, studying with John Bruce Yeh and Larry Combs, and his Master of Music degree from Northwestern University.