Timothy Van Cleave

Click the following links to listen to the audio samples.

Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child is a spiritual that has anonymous origins. This particular arrangement was inspired by Milt Jackson and Ray Brown’s arrangement.

Generally Spoken its Nothing But Rhythm is a very unique piece that incorporates a variety of percussion instruments to be played by one person. In the moments after the recital I heard someone remark that this piece was like listening to a new instrument. I had felt like I did, in fact, learn to play a new instrument.

The Thorn Trees is the third movement of Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra by Marta Ptaszynska. It makes interesting and unique use of the theme and variation form.

Illijas is a piece for solo marimba that expresses a range of emotions, interesting rhythms, and one handed roll technique.

Lucky’s Finger is an original work composed in the Fall of 2008. This recording makes use of the vibraphone trio format. The Timothy Van Cleave Project as it was called held a gig for nine months at a swanky little bar called Motini’s in Muncie, Indiana.

Araneae Envemomation by Ed Mellen was recorded live at a Student Composers Forum held in Sursa Hall at Ball State University.

Footprints by Miles Davis was recorded by the group The Third Greatest on May 22, 2010 at Doc’s Music Hall in Muncie, IN. It is an example of my abilities as performer on drum set in the jazz idiom. In this recording I tried to create a different texture for each soloist.

I once had a professor during my many years at university say, ” I wish when I got together with friends we could get our instruments out and jam.” This track entitled Sea Fever features some of my friends in Vancouver, BC. While they may not know it, the recordings of these hangs are a priceless treasure of mine.

Frame drum is perhaps one of the most beautiful percussion instruments and it is almost always overlooked. This instrument can be used in a folk setting or any other casual music making experience. I was invited to record with Nathan Fox, an incredible multi-instrumental talent. This composition was included on his album entitled The Ornithopter.

If you’ve made it this far down the page you are a trooper, a music lover, and have still yet to eclipse my dad’s support of my musical goals, but you are getting closer. Suite for Orchestra Movement I is one of my first attempts at orchestrating one of my ideas for a full size orchestra.

Finally. I spent a little bit of time one summer learning about musique concrete techniques using digital audio. If you like what you’ve heard so far Final Project will give you a taste of my sequencing abilities.

Audio and Video Links:

New Music:

Ethos Collective Improvisation 2014: https://vimeo.com/105823032

Ethos Collective Shattered Mirrors Jordan Nobles: https://vimeo.com/98982851

Ethos Collective Canon for Three Anthony Genge: https://vimeo.com/99009034

Ethos Collective Mandala Ava Grayson: https://youtu.be/Lk1w_b5Pueg

Ethos Collective Chronostasis Jordan Nobels: https://youtu.be/eUHsy5R1mIU

Ethos Collective Improvisation: https://youtu.be/sGW2Fw6-E0I

Ethos Collective Irrealis I John Burke: https://youtu.be/y-zlV8A4izI

Ethos Collective Ethos Studies Francois Houle: https://vimeo.com/50666062

Ethos Collective On a Mote of Dust Suspended in a Sunbeam Jordan Nobles: https://vimeo.com/51499028

Ethos Collective Trance Barbara Pentland: https://vimeo.com/105818913

Fringe Percussion More than Four Arne Eigenfeldt: https://youtu.be/72DWPrmHNZ0

Fringe Percussion this printer’s good enough for equivocal generation Kai Duncan David: https://youtu.be/xzYryyQFeZg

Fringe + Glynn Percussion EPK: https://youtu.be/_pyQbF8I1VE

Fringe + Glynn Public Salon 22: https://youtu.be/eeI0cHNDxbE

Fringe + Glynn + Epperson: https://youtu.be/0dijhKA0Hx0

Fringe + Glynn The Failure Adrian Glynn arr. Brian Nesselroad: https://youtu.be/FoZOWoIzM5E

Erato Ensemble Calling Home Coyote Janice Giteck: https://youtu.be/VHqHdAyxNIg

Erato Ensemble Orpheus Unplugged Adam Hill: https://youtu.be/Z_IvzFHnyqE

Erato Ensemble The Wonderful Widow of 18 Springs John Cage: https://youtu.be/NhpQ3iiYJEk

Improvisation with George Wolfe and Eric Edberg: https://youtu.be/Km5dbZ7rmEg

Improvisation with George Wolfe and Eric Edberg: https://youtu.be/0F4V0_V078E

Redshift Music Society Deep Time Project Jordan Nobles: https://youtu.be/UFYvQOnKNOU

Redshift Music Society The Duke of Green Graham Flett: https://youtu.be/Hbl-0oGNJoA

Redshift Music Society Lagrange Point Jordan Nobles: https://youtu.be/hkhdipsFYJc

Redshift Music Society ame potsu potsu (falling rain) Rita Ueda: https://youtu.be/9204tHfvOKE

Wonder Pond 2.0 Shine 1: https://timothyvancleave.com/wonder-pond-2-0/

Wonder Pond 2.0 Shine 2:https://timothyvancleave.com/wonder-pond-2-0/

Vancouver New Music Panorama Giorgio Magnanensi: https://youtu.be/XGJCMwH_1C8

Vancouver New Music Deux Nouveux Jeux Hugh Fraser and John Korsrud: https://youtu.be/StTm1l0Z90c

Dance Project at Simon Fraser University Lophiiformes: https://youtu.be/L7SU53beq-I

Jazz, Experimental Pop, Indie, and World

Anita Eccleston Just an Hour Anita Eccleston: https://youtu.be/JFGnb0SzwbQ

Anita Eccleston Love Sick Anita Eccleston: https://youtu.be/jpqQ904SCos?list=PL6rB7-8UJBHj0sioi9FtUOBCAH6SjWMp3

Anita Eccleston Flicker of My Eye Anita Eccleston: https://youtu.be/fplVhRwzyos?list=PL6rB7-8UJBHj0sioi9FtUOBCAH6SjWMp3

JPJQ All About that Bass: https://youtu.be/3-usJ8PNQYo

JPJQ Angel’s Wings: https://youtu.be/iNVZ2rwDSqw

Rebel Bran Djelem Djelem: https://youtu.be/Zx7y7RqN4o4

Rebel Bran Ederlezi: https://youtu.be/Aqe2xgx32Fs

Rebel Bran Bolero Negotino Vlada Maricic: https://youtu.be/fCNQoQZ7C34

Rebel Bran Samo Volis: https://youtu.be/ugLIsVt8xBE

Rebel Bran Zapevala Sojka Ptica: https://youtu.be/630aj0RFICU

Rebel Bran Sano Duso: https://youtu.be/GYQ5I3krxLA

Rebel Bran Stronger Than Anything: https://youtu.be/hAh764I9qHY

Rebel Bran You and I: https://youtu.be/HUP3WraVJLk

Rugby Clam Chowder: https://youtu.be/-Jq1Mv-KtdU

The Sidewalk Cellist “Sidewalk Cellist on bandcamp: https://sidewalkcellist.bandcamp.com/album/sidewalk-cellist

The Sidewalk Cellist “Freedom from Want” on bandcamp: https://sidewalkcellist.bandcamp.com/album/freedom-from-want

The Sidewalk Cellist Lights in the Dark: https://youtu.be/9KAVaOQYMUI

The Sidewalk Cellist Pacific Rain: https://youtu.be/3WrbmrRI3t0

The Sidewalk Cellist The Wall and Cavern: https://youtu.be/OxBKnx_DHMA

The Sidewalk Cellist Playlist: https://youtu.be/McwEyGwdbA8?list=PLsNJQJpp6BIdNTkqDkdriPbv_tZAAwKV-