An acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, Tim Rayborn plays dozens of musical instruments from medieval Europe, the Middle East, and the Balkans, including: lutes, plucked strings, flutes,
and percussion, as well as being a singer.

He has recorded to date on more than 35 CDs for a number of labels, including Gaudeamus, Wild Boar, EMP, Magnatune, and Harmonia Mundi. Tim lived in the UK for seven years, taking his Ph.D. in medieval studies at the University of Leeds, and working as a musician. He has toured the U.S. and Europe extensively (from Ireland to Turkey), performing with the medieval groups Tintagel and Ensemble Florata (including concerts at both the York and Beverley Early Music Festivals, Alden Biesen Castle in Belgium, Bunyloa in Majorca, and the Spitalfields Festival in London).

He has given a number of performances for BBC in the UK and Channel Islands, toured in Canada and Australia, and worked with folk musicians in Marrakech and Istanbul. He has taught at the SFEMS Medieval/Renaissance summer workshop, and Pinewoods Early Music Week in MA.
His music has been heard on BBC, NPR, and radio programs worldwide.

In addition to his solo projects, he currently co-directs Cançonièr with
recorder virtuoso Annette Bauer, performs with Celtic harpist and storyteller Patrick Ball
and Goth/Celtic rock band Pandemonaeon, collaborates with award-winning
Swedish folk musicians Dråm, and works regularly with Shira Kammen.

Recently, he has performed at the Giornate Medioevale in Poggio, Italy, the Renaissance and Baroque Society of Pittsburgh, the MusicSources concert series, the Indianapolis Early Music Festival, the Kalamazoo Medieval Congress, and Early Music Tucson. Future performances include SFEMS, the early music series in San Diego, Houston, and Austin, and Early Music Hawaii.

Tim has collaborated, performed, and recorded with
numerous music groups and performers.

Early Music collaborations include:

Shira Kammen, Annette Bauer, Phoebe Jevtovic, Rita Lilly, Mary Springfels, Margriet Tindemans, Karen Clark, Susan Rode Morris, Anne Azema, Tom Zajac, Cheryl Ann Fulton, Sinfonye, Tintagel, Ensemble Florata, Ensemble Alcatraz, Misericordia, Clara Sanabras, Kit Higginson, Peter Maund, and Gilbert Martinez.

World, folk, and contemporary collaborations include:

Kitka (Balkan women's vocal group), Ross Daly (lyra), Ya Elah (spiritual vocal music), Kate St. Pierre (vocalist with Le Rève in Las Vegas), Ruben Van Rompaey (Turkish percussion), Karim Nagi (Arabic percussion), Stellamara (world fusion), Celtarabia (Arabic/Celtic fusion), Alex De Grassi (Grammy-nominated guitarist), Gary Malkin (Emmy award-winning composer and pianist),
Stephen Kent (digeridoo), and John Sponsler (composer for Warner Brothers’ film trailers).

He is currently working on a number of new recordings and projects.

Tim hates having to update his biography every couple of months, but promises to do it anyway.

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