Peter Nikiforuk

Peter Nikiforuk is a native of Brantford, Ontario. The recipient of numerous prizes and scholarships, in 1993 Peter was awarded the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts in organ from Yale University. Peter also studied at the University of Toronto and the Royal Academy of Music in London, England. In June 2019, he became an Associate of the American Guild of Organists. From 1989-2000, Peter was Executive Director of the RCCO. Since leaving that position, Peter has remained active in the College locally as a member of the Waterloo-Wellington Executive and nationally as a Trustee, a member of the Publications Committee and of the RCCO College of Examiners of which he is currently chair of the Choral Examinations subcommittee. In 2018, he was elected National Vice-President for Centre Support of the RCCO. He also examines for the Royal Conservatory of Music. Dr. Nikiforuk has been Director of Music at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Kitchener since 1989 and an instructor of piano and music theory at the Beckett School since 2000. Equally prominent as a choral conductor, Peter won the prestigious Leslie Bell Prize in Choral Conducting in 1996. Peter conducted Menno Singers from 1998-2017. An active recitalist and clinician including many workshops for the RCCO, Peter is also co-owner and editor for Kelman Hall Publishing, which specializes in sacred music. In June 2009, Dr. Nikiforuk was honoured for his contributions to Kitchener-Waterloo by the Laurier Centre for Music in the Community.