Artist's albums
Summer Memories
2023 · single
Nature's Calm
2023 · album
The Ancient Oak
2023 · single
Hills of Green
2023 · single
Sounds of Spring
2023 · album
Legends of the Forest
2023 · single
Heading Home for Christmas
2022 · album
Merry & Bright
2022 · album
O Christmas Tree
2022 · single
Deck the Halls
2022 · single
Autumn in Tuscany
2022 · album
The Fairy Woods
2022 · single
Soothing Sounds of Nature
2021 · album
Morning Sunrise, Vol. II
2021 · album
Celtic Lands
2021 · album
Morning Sunrise, Vol. I
2021 · album
All Is Bright
2020 · album
Carol of the Bells
2020 · single
Relaxation Volume 1
2020 · album
Celtic Heart
2019 · album
Sunshine
2014 · album
Imagine
2013 · single
First December Morning
2011 · album
Between Our Hearts
2011 · single
Perfect Serenity
2011 · album
Beautiful America Gold Edition
2010 · album
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Biography
Tim Janis, who has conducted the Czech National Symphony, the Kwazulu Natal Philharmonic, and the Hartford Symphony Orchestra in addition to writing his own music, studied piano and received a degree in composition from the University of New Hampshire in 1991. He has cited composers John Williams, John Barry, and Hans Zimmer as major influences, but has experimented with several forms of the art, writing musicals (produced at UNH), synthesized pop songs with vocals, scores for small independent films, and even country, jazz, acoustic, and hard rock arrangements. Owning a record label and studio, Tim Janis Ensemble, in Kennebunk, ME, has allowed the composer the freedom to continue interacting with musicians from many genres, the fruit of which is seen in his extensive discography. A prolific recording artist, Janis has released over 15 solo compositions, among them Etain (1996), A Thousand Summers (2002), Across Two Oceans (2004), and Coming Home (2005), as well as many Christmas recordings. His work generally concerns itself with strong and descriptive melodies, often regarding the beauty of nature (for example, 1996's Along the Shore of Acadia, a rich tone poem inspired by the national park), proving it the perfect accompaniment for two public television programs extolling the physical splendor of the United States, Beautiful America (2004) and Coastal America (2006), both narrated by actor George Clooney. Janis also performed in a live special for PBS, 2001's An American Composer in Concert, with the American Symphony Orchestra, whom he conducted. Believing that music can be more than entertainment, the composer began his Music with a Mission project, with the purpose of encouraging understanding and cognizance between different people and cultures. He has brought the all-female HIV-positive South African choir Sinikithemba to the U.S. to raise awareness about the AIDS epidemic there, performed a series of concerts in China to bridge communication between the two countries, and as of 2006 was still leading the Music in Our Schools volunteer program, which is meant to inspire elementary school students to create and study music. ~ Marisa Brown, Rovi