Timothy Archambault

Timothy Archambault (born 1971) is an American composer and musician who plays Native American flute. He lives in Miami, Florida. Early life and education Timothy Archambault was born on February 9, 1971, in Willimantic, Connecticut. Archambault is of Kichesipirini Algonquin First Nation and Métis descent. Musical career Archambault began playing the Native American flute in 1989 and studied informally with the Native American flutists Kevin Locke (Lakota) and Edmund Wayne Nevaquaya (Comanche), and has collected songs of his Kichesipirini heritage, from elders in Canada as well as from archival wax cylinder recordings made in the early 20th century. He plays complex chromatic music on the Native American flute. He has performed the music of Native American composers David Yeagley, George Quincy, and Raven Chacon. His recording of Yeagley’s Wessi vah-peh, for Native American flute and orchestra, performed with the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Katowice, will be released by Opus One Records in late 2008. He was the first person to use the old warble technique (in which a single flute tone “splits” into a multiphonic oscillation) within the context of contemporary classical