Tim Porter Music
Tim Porter
is a mandolinist
of wide-ranging musical interests, deeply rooted in the blues, jazz, Celtic, and Indian traditions, all of which connect with Tim's heritage. He performs with The Contemporary Ensemble in New York, and has performed with other groups at various venues around New York City, including ensembles of the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music and the Lucy Moses School.  Tim also  performs in Europe, most notably at the annual Festi Jazz Festivals in Saint Cezaire, France in 2008,  2009, 2010 and 2011. He will perform there again in August, 2012. 


Painting of Tim by his daughter
Eve Lauren Blackwater

Tim has performed with acclaimed mandolin virtuoso, Barry Mitterhoff, and many other musicians including jazz greats, Roni Ben-Hur, Santi Dibriano, Bill Wurtzel, and Steve Williams, blues and folk musicians, Mike Baytop, Guy Davis, Earl White, and Sparky and Rhonda Rucker, and Celtic vocalist, Kerrin Kennedy Perkins.  He was an original member of The Common Ground on the Hill Black String Band, which has performed both at Common Ground in Maryland and at the Old Songs Festival in upstate New York. He has taught jazz mandolin, been on the faculty of CGOTH, and instructed other mandolin workshops. 

Tim served for five years as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of WBGO Newark Public Radio, the jazz station serving the New York metropolitan area, and is also a member of the Board of Governors of the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York, and the Board of Directors of the Old Town School of Folk Music In Chicago. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees on the New School University.  Tim is also an attorney focusing on international law matters.

Email:TimPort9@aol.com

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