TIMOTHY O'NEILL has long been a steadfast fixture at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, having been involved with the Starling Preparatory String Project for seventeen years. Within the last two years, he completed a Bachelor of Music, obtaining dual degrees in Violin Performance and Composition, and a Masters degree in Violin Performance. He has appeared as a soloist with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and the CCM Philharmonia, and twice has won CCM's violin competition. Tim has a strong commitment to performing modern music: recent performances include a Cincinnati Chamber Music Society Subscription Series concert featuring a variety of new works, including a Violin Sonata he composed, as well as a world premiere performance of Gao Ping’s Concerto for Violin and Pipa, written for the Greater Cincinnati Chinese Music Society’s annual Chinese New Year concert. He is also a founding member of NeXT Ens, an electro-acoustic music tour de force whose concert venues within the past six months have included Chicago, Richmond, and the Universities of Minnesota, Florida, Cincinnati, and Ball State. His other interest is with computers: he holds numerous industry-standard certifications and is presently employed as the IT Director of On Location Multimedia; additionally, he serves as the site administrator and developer for Violin Masterclass. Tim is currently working on a Doctorate of Music and is enjoying his fifth year of coaching chamber music in the Starling program.