Timberlake, Anne

Anne Timberlake has appeared across the United States performing repertoire from Bach to twenty-first-century premieres to Celtic tunes. She holds degrees in recorder performance from Oberlin Conservatory, where she studied with Alison Melville, and Indiana University, where she studied with Eva Legene and won the 2007 Early Music Institute Concerto Competition.  Critics have praised her  "fine technique and stylishness," "unexpectedly rich lyricism" (Letter V), and "dazzling playing" (Chicago Classical Review). Anne has received awards from the American Recorder Society and the National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts, and was awarded a Fulbright Grant.  With Musik Ekklesia, Anne has recorded for the Sono Luminus label.  Anne is a founding member of the ensemble Wayward Sisters, specializing in music of the early baroque. Wayward Sisters won the 2011 Early Music America/Naxos Recording Competition.  In addition, The Newberry Consort presented Wayward Sisters as Emerging Artists during the 2010-2011 concert season. Anne enjoys teaching as well as playing.  In addition to maintaining a private studio, Anne has coached through Indiana University's Pre-College Recorder Program, the Virginia Baroque Performance Institute, Mountain Collegium, Catacoustic Consort's community recorder program, and for numerous ARS chapters.