Tim Paxton

	Tim Paxton is much in demand as a conductor of student and amateur ensembles and he combines these activities with a busy career as a cellist and teacher. He has special interests in Czech music, and in developing a dialogue between amateur musicians and local composers. He became musical director of the New Edinburgh Orchestra in 1998.
Tim studied at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester and at Goldsmiths' College, London. More recently he completed a degree in music psychology at Sheffield University. He is on the staff of the Erskine Stewart's Melville Schools in Edinburgh, the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, and the Office of Lifelong Learning at the University of Edinburgh.

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