Age, Biography and Wiki
Tim Sparks was born on 31 October, 1954 in North Carolina, U.S., is an American musician and composer. Discover Tim Sparks's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 69 years old?
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| Occupation |
Musician |
| Age |
69 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Scorpio |
| Born |
31 October 1954 |
| Birthday |
31 October |
| Birthplace |
North Carolina, U.S. |
| Nationality |
United States
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Tim Sparks Height, Weight & Measurements
At 69 years old, Tim Sparks height not available right now. We will update Tim Sparks's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Tim Sparks Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Tim Sparks worth at the age of 69 years old? Tim Sparks’s income source is mostly from being a successful Musician. He is from United States. We have estimated Tim Sparks's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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Not Available |
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| Source of Income |
Musician |
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Timeline
Tim Sparks (born October 31, 1954) is an American acoustic guitar player, singer, arranger and composer.
Raised in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, he was given his first guitar when a bout of encephalitis kept him out of school for a year.
The music he heard around him was traditional country blues, and the gospel his grandmother played on piano in a small church in the Blue Ridge Mountains, so that's what he taught himself to play.
He was nominated for a scholarship at the prestigious North Carolina School of the Arts.
There he studied the classics with Andrés Segovia protegee Jesus Silva.
While recording three albums with the seminal vocal jazz ensemble Rio Nido, Sparks also became proficient in jazz styles from Brazilian to Bebop, which brought him several regional music awards including Best Acoustic Guitarist, Best Latin Jazz guitarist, and Best Jazz Guitarist in the Minnesota Music Awards.
In 1989 he arranged Russian folk music for the Guthrie Theater's adaptation of Uncle Vanya and in 1991 he was commissioned to compose music for Tienanmen, a ballet depicting the student uprising in China, for Myron Johnson's Ballet of the Dolls.
In 1993 he won the National Fingerstyle Guitar Championship at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas, playing his adaptation of The Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky.
In the late 90s, Sparks had been immersed in the ethnic music scene and accompanying on guitar in Greek and Klezmer orchestras.
He was a featured performer with Crossing Borders at the Bethlehem International Music Festival in July 1995 and has received two Arts Fellowships to pursue ethno-musicological studies.
He spent one fall studying Fado and Portuguese guitar in Lisbon.
In 2000, Sparks began an association with American composer John Zorn.
He has recorded four highly acclaimed CDs of Jewish Klezmer music adapted for acoustic fingerstyle guitar on Zorn's label, Tzadik Records.
He earned a McKnight Fellowship to notate and edit the arrangements on Neshamah for publication.
Sparks has performed as an opening act for Dolly Parton and has performed on the same stage as Sándor Szabó, Franco Morone, Cyro Baptista, Isato Nakagawa and Bill Frisell.
He has also performed on such national venues as A Prairie Home Companion, the main stage of the Winnipeg Folk Festival and the Chet Atkins Appreciation Society.
He has performed at the Edenkoben Festival and the Dresden Guitar Festival in Germany and held a Jazz Guitar teaching residency in Lisbon, Portugal.
He frequently tours Japan, France, Belgium, Austria and Hungary.
Sparks is a past faculty member at the University of Minnesota Morris and continues to perform in concert.
