WRITER
As an award-winning author, Timmons has written for the American Music Teacher, Clavier Magazine, the Jewish Review, the College Music Society, Carpe Diem Books, among others. In 1998, she received the Wilk International Literary Prize from University of Southern California for seminal research on the Polish composer, Alexandre Tansman. This memoir, Alexandre Tansman: Diary of a Twentieth-Century Composer, is published online by the University of Southern California.
In 2013, Oxford University Press published her groundbreaking career guidebook: The Musician’s Journey—Crafting Your Career Vision and Plan. OUP will publish an updated and newly revised second edition of this work in early 2023.
In this book you will find suggestions for how to address the process of envisioning your career as well as strategies for creating a concrete plan of action. From exploring the science behind the adaptability of the brain to the nuts and bolts of a successful business plan, Timmons offers many resources that may also inspire you to continue your research and inquiry far beyond the narrative in this book. The Musician’s Journey will hopefully ignite a transformation in your thinking about what it means to be a musician and how to thrive in that career, ultimately sharing your knowledge and acumen with others.
Timmons is a regular contributor to the online journal, The Oregon Musician.