Owner/Director

 

Timothy Smith began working at Lowe’s School of Music in the fall of 1996.  He quickly realised his love of teaching, and his talent for inspiring students of all ages.  It was then that he decided that he would like to pursue a career in music education.  In 2005, after completing his Master’s Degree, Smith fulfilled his dream by becoming the owner of Lowe’s School of Music – Port Credit.

 

The success of Smith’s students is far reaching.  They have gone on to be accepted into some of the most prestigious guitar programs across Canada and the United States, including the Classical and Jazz Performance programs at the University of Toronto, the Performance programs at Ottawa University, York, Western, Laurier, Queen's, Carleton, Guelph, Windsor, and Brock, as well as the highly competitive Jazz programs at Humber College and Mohawk College.  

 

Smith also specialises in preparing young students for the highly competitive guitar program at Cawthra Park S.S.  Cawthra typically only accepts one or two guitarists per year out of the forty to sixty who audition, and on numerous occasions both those students have been from Smith’s studio.  His students perform and compete regularly throughout the region, and recently one was profiled on television as a child genius for his skilled electric guitar playing.