Tim is a graduate of Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN with a Bachelor of Arts in Church Music and Business Administration, and of Indiana University School of Music, Bloomington, IN with a Master of Music in Church Music and Organ Performance.

Tim has extensive experience in Lutheran Church music ministry as an organist and director of adult, children, and handbell choirs.  Additionally he has a wide-ranging background working with instrumentalists; implimenting and directing Summer Music Camps for Children and Youth; hosting and overseeing concert series and hymn festivals; and composed the music for the hymn, “Rise, O Church, Like Christ Arisen” (Evangelical Lutheran Worship Hymn #548), the hymn Gloria Dei used as the "theme hymn" for its year long Centennial celebration in 2008.

In addition to his work in church music ministry, Tim is the accompanist for Magnum Chorum; an accompanist for Morningstar Music Publishers; accompanist for the Mounds Park Academy High School Choir; a member of the Twin Cities Chapter of the American Guild of Organists; and he is an active organ recitalist.  

Tim joined the Gloria Dei staff in September of 2009.