Timothy Dawkins won a foundation scholarship to study at the Royal College of Music. He sang in masterclasses with Sir Thomas Allen and Geoffrey Parsons, and studied Russian song with Sergei Leiferkus at the Britten-Pears School in Snape, Suffolk. He has sung with Scottish Opera, Opera North, English National Opera and Glyndebourne Festival Opera where he was awarded the Erich Vietheer Award ?to a promising young Glyndebourne singer?.

Timothy has always enjoyed teaching singing and has taught at TASIS [The American International School in Thorpe, Surrey], The Hampshire School in Kensington, University College London, and has a regular roster of private pupils of all ages and standards.

He has also taught piano at Tiffins in Kingston and Eton College.

Timothy has worked as both teacher and performer with the education departments of Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Opera North and most recently Scottish Opera, where he was one of two vocal consultants on a project in schools in both Scotland and Bermuda.

Timothy regularly works as a group leader with the Magdala Opera Trust [Nottingham] on their Opera Start projects with the aim of introducing opera to young children and teenagers, often from deprived areas in the area around Nottingham.