John Tuttle

John Tuttle FAGO FRCO FRCCO D.S.Litt. (hon) (born January 17, 1946 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania) is an organist and choral conductor living in Toronto, Canada.[1]

He is currently director of music at Trinity College, Toronto,[2] organist and choirmaster at St. Thomas's Anglican Church,[3] professor of organ and university organist at the University of Toronto,.[4] He is also the founding conductor and former artistic director of the Exultate Chamber Singers.[5]

He has recorded numerous albums with the Exultate Chamber Singers and the Canadian Children's Opera Company, including Derek Holman's Sir Christëmas (1989); A Choral Flourish (1991); Make We Joy! (1994); Stephen Chatman's Dandelion Parachutes (1993); Creatures Great and Small (1999); The Present Time (2001) and All Around the Circle (2005).[1]

He received his B.Mus from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he studied with Alexander McCurdy.[2] In 2004 he was awarded a Doctor of Sacred Letters (honoris causa) from the Trinity College, Toronto.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "John Tuttle". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
  2. 1 2 "Teaching Staff, Faculty of Divinity". University of Trinity College, Toronto website. 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
  3. ↑ "Organist and Choirmaster". St. Thomas's Anglican Church, Toronto website. 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
  4. 1 2 "Faculty Members, John Tuttle". University of Toronto Faculty of Music website. 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
  5. ↑ "John Tuttle, Founding Conductor & Artistic Director". Exultate Chamber Singers website. 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-13.

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