Timothy Archambault

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Timothy Archambault
Born (1971-02-09) February 9, 1971 (age 53)
Willimantic, Connecticut
NationalityAmerican
Alma materRhode Island School of Design
Occupation(s)architect, composer, musician
Years active1990s–present

Timothy Archambault (orTim Archambault; born 1971) is an American architect, composer, and musician who plays Native American flute. He lives in Miami, Florida.[1]

Early life and education

Timothy Archambault was born on February 9, 1971, in Willimantic, Connecticut.

Archambault self-identifies as being of Kichesipirini Algonquin First Nation and Métis descent.[1] There is no federally recognized Kichesipirini group in Canada.

He graduated with two degrees (bachelor of architecture and bachelor of fine arts) from the Rhode Island School of Design, taking courses in music theory at Brown University during this time. [citation needed]

Musical career

Archambault began playing the Native American flute in 1989 and has devoted intensive study to the earliest recordings of the instrument, dating back to the early 20th century. He has also studied informally with the Native American flutists

wax cylinder recordings made in the early 20th century.[citation needed
]

In addition to performing in traditional styles, since the early 21st century, he performs

Opus One Records in late 2008. He was the first person to use the old warble technique (in which a single flute tone "splits" into a multiphonic oscillation) within the context of contemporary classical music.[citation needed
]

Archambault is planning to record, in late 2008, a solo album of compositions by David Yeagley entitled Suite Tragique which is dedicated to the Kichesipirini Algonquin First Nation, as well as a collaborative composition utilizing traditional Anishinaabeg musical notation with the Navajo composer Raven Chacon. He recorded an orchestral work entitled The Choctaw Diaries by the Choctaw composer George Quincy, which was released by Lyrichord Classical on June 17, 2008.[2] In 2008, he joined a Native American orchestra called The Coast Orchestra.[citation needed]

As a composer, in the spring of 2007 he composed a work for solo cello for the

Mohawk cellist, as a part of her North American Indian Cello Project; this work will be released on CD in late 2008.[citation needed
]

Archambault is a member of the

First Nations Composer Initiative and performed at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. in November 2006. In August 2007, he recorded traditional Kichesipirini flute songs for the National Museum of the American Indian archives, and in 2008 he was one of the First Nations Composer Initiative judge panelists who awarded several grants to American Indian musicians.[citation needed
]

Architectural career

Archambault lived in

Los Angeles on the Samsung Museum of Contemporary Art and the Walt Disney Concert Hall. [citation needed
]

References

  1. ^ a b "Timothy Archambault". Blank Forms. 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Pocahontas At the Court of King James the I and Choctaw Diaries". Lyrichord Discs Inc. Retrieved 2015-12-17.

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