Timothy Baxter was Professor of Composition at the Royal Academy of Music in London from 1965-1990 and is Fellow of The Royal Academy of Music (FRAM). In addition, he was an international examiner for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music from 1966-2005. Since 1990, Baxter has lived in Denmark and is a member of the 'Dansk Komponist Forening' and has been in the 'Vesterbro Komponistforening (Komvest)' since 2009.