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Tim Boniface
TIM BONIFACE is a jazz saxophonist and pianist. He is based in Cambridge where he works as a performer, teacher and composer. He is also an ordained priest and theologian, and is Chaplain at Girton College, University of Cambridge.
In addition to collaborating with a wide array of players on the current UK scene in standards ensembles and with oroiginal material, Tim is the founding Artistic Director of Girton Jazz, a pioneering jazz education and performance scheme unique in the University of Cambridge, which sees top jazz stars brought into Girton College to give workshops to students and public. He is a performance coach with the the Cambridge University Centre for Music Performance and a freelance teacher and workshop leader. He was an artistic director for St Paul’s Cambridge ArtsFest in 2021 and 2024.
Tim’s compositional work has focussed mainly on jazz suites responding to sacred text, with recordings of The Eight Words (2017) and The Infant (2019) being followed by his most recent release, Psalter: Themes for Peace (2025), which led to the formation of his latest group with James Pearson on piano, bass legend Malcolm Creese on bass, and celebrated drummer Jon Ormston. A commission for St Alban’s Cathedral, this suite for peace premiered in the Cathedral to an audience of over 400, with the band’s celebrated returning gig ‘Jazz in the Moonlight’ bringing over 700 listeners to this ancient space. It was released with Audio-B in July 2025. Tim's latest work: 'Rest and Rise: A Jazz Reqiuem' will be premiered at the Cathedral in January 2027.
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Selmer Balanced Action Tenor Sax
Conn 6M Alto Sax/Selmer Balanced Action Alto Sax
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Tim Boniface: Psalter: Themes for Peace
by Neil Duggan
Tim Boniface is a jazz saxophonist and composer. He is also an ordained priest in the Church of England and Chaplain at Girton College, University of Cambridge. As Artistic Director of Girton Jazz, his work involves organising concerts and workshops at the college. In addition, he leads his own ensembles and collaborates with many renowned jazz musicians on the UK scene. Psalter: Themes For Peace bridges the worlds of jazz and deep spirituality in an unexpectedly accessible way. ...
Continue Reading..."Tim Boniface is the real deal ... a strongly personal voice that conveys both conviction and meaning."
The Jazz Journal
"Boniface has a confident, warm and versatile sound on both alto and tenor sax, soloing with an imagination that always keeps you engaged. And he has surrounded himself with excellent players. James Pearson, Malcolm Creese and Jon Ormston are with him all the way and it is their unity and cohesion behind a common vision that impresses."
Jazz Views
"An assured swinger with a joyous bouyancy in his playing"
