Timothy Shantz is active as conductor, collaborator, tenor soloist and teacher. He is Director of Choral Activities at the University of Alberta’s Department of Music and founded Luminous Voices in 2012 after toying with the idea for years. His other choral activities in Calgary included Chorus Master for the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and Artistic Director of Spiritus Chamber Choir. As a conductor, Tim is recognized for the breadth of his work, from early music to contemporary, virtuoso unaccompanied pieces to large-scale choral-orchestral works. He has been honoured to grow as a musician through his ensembles and commissioning projects and continues to learn from them in every rehearsal and performance experience. He has enjoyed sharing accolades with the ensembles he directs and continues to strive for beauty and expression through performances, workshops and recordings.

Timothy holds a Doctor of Music degree in Choral Conducting from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music with a dissertation analyzing the unaccompanied choral work Sun-Dogs by composer James MacMillan. He has studied with John Poole, Jan Harrington, Carmen Tellez, Frieder Bernius, Jon Washburn, Leonard Ratzlaff, Debra Cairns and Noel Edison.