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Cooperstown musician and teacher Timothy Iversen explores Roman historic sites during a tour of Italy. (Photo by Alena Krug)
Otsego Abroad

Local Musician and Teacher Performs in Italy, Czechia

By WRILEY NELSON
PRAGUE, CZECHIA

Local musician and teacher Timothy Iversen recently returned from a marathon of work and travel in Europe. The long-serving Cooperstown High School music teacher and performer spent nearly six weeks practicing his craft for a variety of audiences in Italy and the Czech Republic, working all night and exploring the accumulated centuries of history and culture by day. The schedule was grueling but fulfilling; Iversen spent just under two weeks touring Italy with the Syracuse-based jazz ensemble Central Winds, then served as musical director and composer for a performance at the prestigious Prague Shakespeare Company Summer Intensive.

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