Tim Cates serves as Minister of Instrumental Music at Houston’s First Baptist Church. He holds a Bachelor of Music in Trumpet Performance from The University of Texas at Tyler, and a Master of Music Education from Boston University. Tim is also an active arranger for orchestra with works available at TimCatesMusic.com. His orchestrations and arrangements have been published by Word Music, Lillenas, Prism Music, Hal Leonard, Lifeway, Semsen Music, and Houston’s First Worship. He recently orchestrated several songs for a concert in Carnegie Hall featuring Cody Carnes and Kari Jobe.

Tim and his wife Jan make their home in northeast Houston and are proud parents of an eight-year-old daughter named Piper. In his spare time, Tim enjoys playing trumpet, writing orchestral music, barbecuing, doing crosswords, over-analyzing movies, and traveling with his family. Many of his favorite things prominently feature an Apple logo.