Tim Otto

Musician, Composer, Teacher

 
 
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orn in Melbourne, Australia in 1962, Tim relocated to New York in 1990. After completing the undergraduate Jazz Studies course at Sydney Conservatorium of Music in 1986, Tim has since worked all over the globe in diverse fields of music; as a saxophonist and woodwind player, composer,  teacher, and as a performer in films, on TV and in the theater. One career highlight was playing in the remote highlands (no pun intended) of Papua New Guinea at an arts festival, with 30 different local tribes including Marlboro smoking mud men and cannibals, 900 miles from the nearest road.
Check out the Band page and some of the groups I've worked with, and listen to some music samples.
Some other random info:
20 + years playing tenor, soprano, baritone and alto saxes. flutes, clarinet, bass clarinet, harmonica, drums, computers, piano bowed guitar and composing.
Recording sessions as woodwind player for pop, rock and jazz, TV, film and video, dance and theater productions.
Member of ASCAP since 1995.
Audio Engineer and assistant at Harvestworks/Studio Pass. NY, NY 1991-94
Member International Society of Jazz Educators since 1996.
Band and instrumental music teacher at the Trevor Day School on the Upper West Side of Manhattan since 1993. 
Australian Arts Council grant recipient.
American Music Center grant and ASCAP award recipient.

    Tim Otto         

Photos above L; Performing at the Jazz Composers Collective; and R. w/The Virgil Moorefield Ensemble.

Education
BM/Jazz Diploma, Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, Australia 1987
Saxophone studies with Paul Cohen, Manhattan School of Music 1991
Clarinet studies w/Bill Bachman 1995 and composition studies with Edgar Grana 1996, both in NY.

Xtras..

Tim can be seen and heard in the movie Dummy; Check IFC for listings, or available on DVD. I'm the drummer in Mila Jovovitchs' band, plus the clarinet player on the sound track.
Tim Otto appears in the movie 'Dummy'

I can also be heard on the soundtrack of the movie Clay Pigeons performing with Firewater.


Check out the website for one of my bands: Tim Otto and the Bluetones

..and my favorite artist:
Susan Graham ...
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more photos.

New projects in the works:
Harmony Hall
playing structured and free-blowing jazz on the eastern fringe with a 60's soul, playing originals, plus obscure and not so obscure covers from the jazz canon.

Contact

timotto@hotmail.com

444 Manhattan Avenue, 6G
New York, NY 10026

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