John Tuttle

John Tuttle graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he studied organ with Alexander McCurdy. Following graduation he served in the United States Army as Organist and Choirmaster of the Post Chapel at the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, and then returned to Philadelphia to serve as Dr. McCurdy's successor at the First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia in 1971.

In 1975 he left the United States for Toronto, Canada to become Organist and Choirmaster of St. Paul's Anglican Church, where he remained until accepting the post of Organist and Choirmaster of St. Thomas's Anglican Church in 1989.

In 1979 he was appointed Organist to the University of Toronto, and Adjunct Associate Professor of Organ at the University's Faculty of Music. Since 1981 he has conducted the Hart House Chorus at U. of T., and in that same year he founded the Exultate Chamber Singers, a twenty-voice ensemble which has gained a national reputation for superb choral singing. From 1985 to 2000 he was Music Director of the Canadian Children's Opera Chorus, which commissioned numerous operas for children, and has toured throughout Canada and the USA.

He holds the Fellowship Diploma of the American Guild of Organists, and holds honorary Fellowship diplomas from the Royal College of Organists (UK) and the Royal Canadian College of Organists, of which he was National President from 1986 to 1988. In the Fall of 2005 he was given a Doctor of Sacred Letters degree (honoris causa) from Trinity College at the University of Toronto, for his contributions to church and choral music in Canada.

In addition to his many duties in Toronto he manages to play concerts and teach master classes in organ-playing, and choral conducting and singing techniques throughout Canada and the USA.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

John Tuttle - conductor:

Gala Finale - The French Masters
Friday, May 26, 2006
7:30 p.m.
Tickets $25