Biography

Tim Lambert is a conductor and tenor from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in choral conducting at Northwestern University, where he studies with Andrew Megill. He previously earned a master’s degree in choral conducting from Northwestern under GRAMMY Award-winning conductor Donald Nally and holds a bachelor’s degree in music education with a concentration in vocal performance from Bucknell University, where he graduated summa cum laude.
An active and versatile choral musician, Tim has performed throughout the United States and abroad as a conductor, ensemble singer, and soloist. His recent work includes engagements with the Grant Park Symphony Chorus, Music of the Baroque, and Stare at the Sun, and he has collaborated with notable ensembles such as Conspirare, Roomful of Teeth, Lorelei Ensemble, and the Bang on a Can All-Stars.
In addition to his choral work, Tim has appeared in a range of operatic and musical theater productions. His stage credits include Monostatos in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Trio in Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti, Bobby in Sondheim’s Company, and Billy in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel. He has also created leading roles, including Thomas Jefferson in the chamber opera Ghosts of Monticello and the title role in A’Musing, which premiered at Piccolo Spoleto Festival USA.
Tim brings significant experience as an opera conductor and chorus master. His recent credits include assisting with Northwestern Opera Theater’s productions of Viktor Ullmann’s Der Kaiser von Atlantis and the Midwestern premiere of Christopher Cerrone’s In a Grove. He has also prepared choruses for the company’s productions of Die Zauberflöte and La bohème.
Before beginning graduate study, Tim served as Director of Choirs at Central York High School in York, Pennsylvania, where he led the Concert Choir, Mixed Choir, and Chamber Singers. He also worked with Central York Performing Arts as musical director, preparing vocal ensembles and conducting pit orchestras for numerous productions. At the same time, he was Director of Music at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in York, where he conducted choral and handbell ensembles and served as organist.
Tim is now the Conductor and Director of Music at Northfield Community Church. In this season, he serves as Assistant Conductor of the Carmel Bach Festival Chorus and appears as a guest conductor with the Chicago-based ensembles Vox Venti and the DePaul Community Chorus.