Timothy L Savage
Adjunct Instructor: Music Education
Tim Savage is a native of Malone, N.Y. He holds a Bachelor of Science and Masters in Music Education from the Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam. Tim is Director of Bands for Grades 7-12 at Canton Central School (since 1998) and adjunct at St. Lawrence University (since 2005) where he currently directs the Improv Lab. He has been on the Crane Youth Music (CYM) summer jazz faculty for the past 21 years, and is serving as director of the Crane Jazz Ensemble for the 2019-20 school year. Active as a professional musician, he plays baritone sax in the Wally Siebel All Star Big Band, keyboards and horns with a variety of other small jazz and rock groups, and performs in pit orchestras for area school musicals. His experience as a pit orchestra conductor includes the CPS productions of Annie in 2010 and Beauty and the Beast in 2012 and the St. Lawrence University productions of Legally Blonde in Fall 2016 and Spring Awakening in Fall 2018. Over the past 34 years, Tim has conducted a number of All-District, All-County, and Area All-State Bands and Orchestras. As a clinician, Tim has presented at NYSSMA and NYSBDA statewide conferences. Most recently, session titles have included Twenty Top Titles for Jazz Ensemble and Jamming with Your Students and On-The-Spot Arranging. Tim is currently president of the board of directors of the Orchestra of Northern New York, treasurer of the Crane School of Music Alumni Association, and chairperson for the New York State Band Directors Association Honor Jazz Ensemble.