Tim Owner

Most Recently acting second trombone with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Timothy Owner grew up in Canberra, Australia, and moved to the United States in the fall of 2004. Whilst completing his Masters degree at Northwestern University, he became a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. After two seasons with Civic, he was appointed to the second trombone position with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra in 2007. Since leaving the VSO in 2009, Timothy has built a reputation as a performer on bass trumpet as well as euphonium, alto, tenor and bass trombones both in the U.S.A. and Australia, performing with the orchestras of Chicago, Cincinnati, Baltimore, National, Detroit, Houston, Fort Worth, Dallas, Colorado and Perth, West Australia as well as the Los Angeles Opera and Chicago's Music of the Baroque. In 2013 he joined the San Francisco Symphony at first as acting Utility Trombone and then as acting Associate Principal Trombone (2014-2016).