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Meet Tim Long: Artistic and music director of opera at the Eastman School of Music

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Published August 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM EDT

Oklahoma native Tim Long grew up listening to his mother play Beethoven. Long before he could describe it, that music firmly planted seeds in his heart.

Journalist Jessica Pavia shares the story of Muscogee Creek and Choctaw descendant Timothy Long, one of Rochester's TEN profiled this month in CITY.

Tim Long, Artistic and music director of opera at Eastman School of Music

Now the artistic and music director of opera at his alma mater, Eastman School of Music, as well as assistant conductor at the Metropolitan Opera, Long admits many miracles had to happen to get here, from the upright piano someone gifted his minister grandfather to the 15-year-old girl new to teaching who became his first instructor.

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