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Dr. Timothy Running served as the conductor of the University Orchestra for 20 years, and now coaches the KU Flute Choir and the KU Woodwind Quintet, in addition to teaching applied flute lessons.  He also serves as the chairperson for the Department of Music Scholarship Committee and the department’s Promotion and Tenure Committee.

As a professional flutist, Dr. Running was a member of The United States Army Band, Pershing’s Own in Washington D.C. He has performed in numerous orchestras and chamber music ensembles, and he is also a flute clinician.

Dr. Running has conducted orchestras and bands at Music Festivals from Maryland to Colorado, and he conducted the 2006 Pennsylvania District Ten Orchestra. Three times Dr. Running has conducted the Baltimore County High School Honors Orchestra in Meyerhoff Hall in Baltimore, Maryland.

Timothy Running was born in Moorhead, Minnesota, where he graduated from Concordia College with the Bachelor of Music degree in flute performance and music education. He earned the Master of Music degree in flute performance from Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and the Doctor of Arts degree in conducting from the University of Northern Colorado where his doctoral dissertation earned the Graduate Dean’s Citation for Excellence.