Timothy Frantzich <fran-zik>
Timothy is a Minnesota based community builder, activist, song-circle leader and producer. The central theme in Timothy's work is HARMONY and IMPROV CHOIR. Timothy has learned that music has the special power of unifying.
Timothy holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Minnesota in poetry and English Literature. He has spent his life working with people; he was a Waldorf grade school teacher for 10 years, he has worked in a shelter for abused and neglected children for 2 years, he has worked as a high school ski coach for 8 years, he has sung in Minnesota prisons many times, he has served on the board for Water Legacy in Minnesota, He has served on the board of Twin Cities Nonviolent, Timothy created a storytelling and art camp in Chengdu, China and more. All this has led to one realization, that music is a direct path to opening the human heart and an open heart influences the mind. This is how positive change begins and is supported.
Timothy started in a Minneapolis based pop band, then a harmony duo with his brother, then as a solo artist and now he has added one weekly community singing circles. Timothy has been creating music in Minnesota and beyond for 30+ years.
Timothy has presented at Omega Institute in Rhinebeck NY with poet Robert Bly, on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in western Massachusetts, The New Standards Holiday Show, Blessfest, Block Island Poertry Project with Mary Oliver, United Theological Seminary with Coleman Barks, West Country Storytelling Festival with mythologist Martin Shaw, AWP with poet Marie Howe and a thousand churches and a thousand pubs.
contact Timothy
text: (612) 272-6265
email: [email protected]
Timothy is a Minnesota based community builder, activist, song-circle leader and producer. The central theme in Timothy's work is HARMONY and IMPROV CHOIR. Timothy has learned that music has the special power of unifying.
Timothy holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Minnesota in poetry and English Literature. He has spent his life working with people; he was a Waldorf grade school teacher for 10 years, he has worked in a shelter for abused and neglected children for 2 years, he has worked as a high school ski coach for 8 years, he has sung in Minnesota prisons many times, he has served on the board for Water Legacy in Minnesota, He has served on the board of Twin Cities Nonviolent, Timothy created a storytelling and art camp in Chengdu, China and more. All this has led to one realization, that music is a direct path to opening the human heart and an open heart influences the mind. This is how positive change begins and is supported.
Timothy started in a Minneapolis based pop band, then a harmony duo with his brother, then as a solo artist and now he has added one weekly community singing circles. Timothy has been creating music in Minnesota and beyond for 30+ years.
Timothy has presented at Omega Institute in Rhinebeck NY with poet Robert Bly, on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in western Massachusetts, The New Standards Holiday Show, Blessfest, Block Island Poertry Project with Mary Oliver, United Theological Seminary with Coleman Barks, West Country Storytelling Festival with mythologist Martin Shaw, AWP with poet Marie Howe and a thousand churches and a thousand pubs.
contact Timothy
text: (612) 272-6265
email: [email protected]
