Biography

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John Waterfield is a conductor, composer, singer, and pianist from Kitchener, Ontario. He is currently in his second year of the Bachelor of Music (Honours Performance, Voice) program at Western University, where he studies voice with Torin Chiles and piano with Marianna Chibotar-Rutkevich.

As a choral musician, John has performed with ensembles including the Ontario Youth Choir, the Grand Philharmonic Choir, and the Western University Singers.

 

He has served as assistant conductor of the Rockway Mennonite Collegiate Senior Choir and has previously pursued conducting studies with Patrick Murray. As a composer, John has presented original art songs and piano miniatures in a variety of recital settings at Western.

In the coming months, John looks forward to performing in Sweeney Todd with Opera at Western in March, touring with the National Youth Choir of Canada, and studying orchestral conducting at the Sherborne Summer School of Music in Dorset, England.

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This is John's Second year assistant-directing The Concentus Consort.

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