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Timothy Shaw was born and raised in idyllic Keene, New Hampshire. He studied theology and music (theory, composition, piano) in college and graduate school, and he has enjoyed a multi-faceted career as a university professor, composer, music engraver, private teacher, author, and church musician. As a clinician and scholar, he has presented workshops, academic papers, hymn festivals, music reading sessions, and master classes at numerous conferences, churches, universities, and music societies throughout the United States. As a composer, he has written extensively for the church and is published by Augsburg Fortress, Beckenhorst, Choristers Guild, Concordia, Fred Bock, Hope, MorningStar Music, Neil A. Kjos, and Shawnee Press. He also composes on commission, and he has written for David Kim (Philadelphia Orchestra concertmaster), Anne Martindale-Williams (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra principal cellist), and Abington Presbyterian Church (Abington, PA), among others. As a pianist, he has recorded three albums: Hymns: Timothy Shaw at the Piano (2004), Rejoice! Devotional Hymn Settings (2010), and Hymns of Comfort and Praise (2014). As an author, he is manager/editor of the Prelude Music Planner blog (Augsburg Fortress), he writes about music and worship, and he has published an eBook devotional for Advent (Behold He Comes: Advent Reflections). In addition to his many professional endeavors, he has volunteered as an ESL instructor, an assistant baseball coach, and a board member of a local boys’ and girls’ club. He and his wife, Lauren, are the proud parents of two boys.