Described as “…confident and polished,” by David Gordon Duke of the Vancouver Sun, Timothy Shantz is at home both as conductor and tenor soloist. He currently holds various conducting positions in Windsor, Ontario, as Director of Choirs at the University of Windsor, Artistic Director of the Windsor Classic Chorale, and Chorusmaster for the Windsor Symphony Orchestra. Shantz is a candidate for the Doctor of Music degree at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington, Indiana. While there he founded the chamber choir New Art Voices, presenting programs in Bloomington and Indianapolis. Shantz has held positions as Apprentice Conductor for the National Youth Choir of Canada, Guest Conductor of the Cantata Singers of Ottawa, Interim Conductor of the Richard Eaton Singers, and Director of Choirs at The King’s University College. Performance highlights include Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil and Martin’s Messe pour double choeur with New Art Voices, Mozart’s Requiem with the Richard Eaton Singers, Duruflé’s Requiem with the Cantata Singers of Ottawa, Fauré’s Requiem and Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater with the Windsor Classic Chorale and Windsor Symphony Orchestra and Puccini’s Messa di Gloria with the Indiana University Symphonic Choir.  Shantz has also prepared choruses for performances of Verdi’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s Weihnachts Oratorium and opera choruses for Rossini’s La Cenerentola, Puccini’s Tosca and Verdi’s Falstaff. In July 2005, he was guest conductor of the Nova Scotia Youth Choir Camp. His conducting teachers include John Poole, Jon Washburn, Jan Harrington, Paul Hillier, Frieder Bernius, Leonard Ratzlaff, and Noel Edison.

In addition to conducting, Shantz is an accomplished tenor soloist maintaining an active concert and oratorio schedule. The 2006/2007 season saw him perform the Evangelist role in Bach’s St. John Passion at the Rockefeller Chapel in Chicago, sing under the baton of Pierre Boulez and Daniel Reuss at the Lucerne Festival Academy, and present recitals at the University of Alberta and University of Windsor. He has performed with the Alberta Baroque Ensemble, Richard Eaton Singers, Bloomington Chamber Singers, Metropolis Baroque Ensemble, University of New Hampshire Choirs, Pro Coro Canada, Ensemble de la Rue, the National Youth Choir of Canada, the Manitoba Summer Academy Choir, Spiritus Chamber Choir and VoiceScapes. Shantz studied voice most recently with Alan Bennett at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Previous teachers include Eva Bostrand, David Falk, and Victor Martens.