| John Kowalchuk | |
| It should be obvious to most of you by now that I am, among other things, a horn player. I picked up the horn in 1972 at the age of
12 in the eighth grade. Though this was not my first musical endeavour. With a good Ukrainian name like Kowalchuk, I started my musical education at an early age taking accordian
lessons when I was in elementary school. I never progressed to the polka band stage, but at least I learned to read music.
I haven't quit the horn since, playing in all the bands and orchestras through high school (Including the dance band). Also during high school I played in the local Militia band as well as the community pops orchestra. Add to this every musical theatre production in town and I was a very busy young horn player. |
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| 1974 | Camelot, Oshawa Little Theatre |
| 1976 | Li'l Abner, O'Neil Collegiate |
| 1976-78 | Ontario Regiment, Canadian Armed Forces Reserve. Band and squadron, Corporal, 1st horn. |
| 1976 | Militia Summer Music Course. Advanced standing. |
| 1976 | Sound of Music, Oshawa Little Theatre |
| 1977-79 | Oshawa Civic Band. Alto (Tenor) horn. |
| 1977-81 | Musikids/Musikats, 1st horn, concert and stage bands. |
| 1978 | Vagabond King, Whitby Choral Society |
| 1978 | Dr. F. J. Donevan C.I. , Oshawa, Ontario. Secondary School Honour Graduation Diploma |
| 1979 | Pirates of Penzance, Whitby Choral Society |
| 1979 | Henry Street High School, Whitby, Ontario |
| 1979-82 | Humber College of Applied Arts and Technology |
| 1980-84 | Esprit de Cor Singers, Director |
| 1982-88 | Member of Toronto Musicians' Association |
| 1982 | Studio recording, Master's Workshop |
| 1982-83 | Telep Piano Works. Piano tuner / technician |
| 1983-Present | Self-employed piano tuner/technician |
| 1983-85 | Metropolitan Toronto Concert Band, horn/drum major |
| 1984-85 | 411 Air Reserve Squadron Band, horn/drum major |
| 1984-86 | Oakville Concert Band |
| 1985 | Mikado, Brampton Choral Society |
| 1985-86 | Humber College of Applied Arts and Technology. Music performance program |
| 1985-87 | National Concert Band of Canada |
| 1987-88 | Bram Smith Concert Band |
| 1986 | Pirates of Penzance, Brampton Choral Society |
| 1990-2008 | Pickering Concert Band, 1st horn |
| 1991-93 | York University Concert Band, Horn coach and assistant to conductor Bram Smith |
| 1992-08 | Pickering Concert Band, Assistant Conductor |
| 1996 | Conducting Workshop with Donald Hunsberger, Upper Canada College, Toronto, ON |
| 1995-04 | Quintic Brass, Brass Quintet |
| 1996-2010 | Ajax-Pickering Community Orchestra (Durham Chamber Orchestra) |
| 1997-2000 | (GTA) Toronto Teachers' Wind Ensemble |
| 1997-2018 | Member of International Horn Society |
| 1997 | International Horn Society Workshop 29 Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York |
| 1998 | International Horn Society Workshop 30 Banff Centre for the Performing Arts, Alberta |
| 1998-02 | Clarington Concert Band |
| 1999 | International Horn Society Workshop 31 University of Georgia, Athens |
| 2000 | Anne of Green Gables, Scarborough Music Theatre |
| 2001 | International Horn Society Workshop 33 University of Western Michigan, Kalamazoo |
| 2001-2012 | International Horn Society Canadian Coordinator |
| 2002 | Organiser/Host Toronto Horn Day at the University of Toronto |
| 2003 | CD Canadian Landscape, City of Brampton Concert Band |
| 2003-05 | 151 Chadburn Sqn, Royal Canadian Air Cadets, Band instructor |
| 2003 | Regent of The Geyer Guild |
| 2003 | International Horn Society Workshop 35 Indiana University, Bloomington |
| 2003 | Oliver! Scarborough Music Theatre |
| 2004 | CD Producer Sounds of Summer, Markham Concert Band |
| 2005-08 | 2 VandenBos Sqn, Royal Canadian Air Cadets, founding Band Officer |
| 2005-Present | Band Instrument Repair Technician |
| 2005 | International Horn Society Workshop 37 University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa |
| 2008-pres | Concert Band of Cobourg |
| 2008 | International Horn Society Workshop 40 Denver University, Colorado |
| 2008-2012 | 244 Harwood, Royal Canadian Sea Cadets, Band instructor |
| 2009 | Camelot. Onstage Uxbridge |
| 2009 | Camelot. Victorian Operetta Society, Cobourg |
| 2009 | Enrolled Cadet Instructor Cadre, Canadian Armed Forces |
| 2010 | Natural Trumpet Building Workshop, University of Indiana, Bloomington |
| 2013 | International Horn Society Workshop 41 University of Memphis TN |
| 2014 | Blackdown Cadet Training Centre, Platoon Commander Advanced Musician Course |
| 2015 | Blackdown Cadet Training Centre, Music Instructor, Instrument Maintenance and Repair |
| 2016 | Blackdown Cadet Training Centre, Music Instructor, Instrument Maintenance and Repair |
| 2017 | Blackdown Cadet Training Centre, Military Band Courses, 2nd in Command |
| 2018 | Blackdown Cadet Training Centre, Music Instructor, Instrument Maintenance and Repair |
| 2019 | Blackdown Cadet Training Centre, Music Instructor, Instrument Maintenance and Repair |
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