Tim Pyper

Teaches at Balance Arts Center

Tim Pyper studied the Alexander Technique at the Balance Arts Center with Ann Rodiger, qualifying as an AmSAT-certified instructor in 2018. He also holds the Certificate in Injury-Preventive Keyboard Technique from Salem College, following extensive piano studies with Barbara Lister-Sink. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music (BM, MM) and Cornell University (DMA), he has won first-prize in numerous national and international organ competitions, including the RCCO National Competition and the Arthur Poister Memorial Competition.

Tim maintains private teaching practices in New York City and in Albany. He is particularly interested in helping musicians unlock their virtuosity using the Alexander Technique as well as the Lister-Sink Method of keyboard pedagogy.  He has given workshops for the Royal Canadian College of Organists, the American Guild of Organists and at Freedom to Make Music conferences. Active as an organist, pianist and choral conductor, Tim is Director of Music at the Church of the Holy Apostles in Manhattan. From 2010 to 2015 he was Director of Music at the Cathedral Church of the Redeemer in Calgary.