Woodwind Coordinator

Timothy Devine Devine is a native of the San Francisco Bay Area and has played professionally for the past 18 years.  He has performed extensively throughout the Bay Area, North America, Europe and Australia and is well versed in many musical styles including:  big band, small-group jazz, musical theater, salsa, blues, rock/pop, and R&B.  This multi-instrumentalist (alto, tenor, soprano saxes, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, and piccolo) has performed and recorded with legendary jazz, blues, rock and pop stars such as:  Joe Williams, B.B. King (Grammy Award 1993), Louie Bellson, Cedar Walton, Ray Charles, Liza Minnelli, Isaac Hayes, Bernadette Peters, and Manhattan Transfer.  He is also very active in musical theater, recently playing for pre-Broadway, world premiers of:  Lestat (featuring the music of Sir Elton John), The Mambo Kings, and Lennon along with other national tours (including:  Chicago, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee) and local cabaret shows (Teatro Zinzanni).  Mr. Devine received his master’s degree from Washington State University (Pullman, WA) and has remained active in education.  He is currently an instructor at Chabot College (Hayward, CA) and Las Positas College (Livermore, CA), teaching Music Appreciation, Music Fundamentals, and saxophone and clarinet students.