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Peter MacKinnon

RCM CERTIFIED

Peter MacKinnon

RCM Certified
RCM Examiner
Peter MacKinnon holds an ARCT diploma from the Royal Conservatory of Music, a Master of Music from the State University of New York, a Diploma in Early Music from the University of Nottingham, and Associate Diplomas from the Royal College of Music and the Royal Canadian College if Organists. He is a senior examiner with RCM, and currently serves as Director, Madrigal Singers, at Trent University. He maintains a student-centred private studio, and does occasional work for the Peterborough Suzuki School. He is also active as an adjudicator, a master class clinician, a conductor and a continuo player, and is a life member of the College Music Society.

Instrument / Discipline

  • Piano
  • Rudiments
  • Harmony
  • History
  • Counterpoint
  • Analysis
  • Harpsichord
  • Organ
  • Voice
  • Theory

Spoken languages

  • English
  • French

Specialized in

  • Youth (7-17)
  • Adults (18+)
  • Young Children (under 7)
  • Beginner/Elementary
  • Intermediate
  • Advanced

Teaches At

  • Online
  • Student's home
  • Teacher's home
  • Teacher's studio

Specialist designation

  • Harmony - Advanced
  • History - Advanced
  • Piano - Advanced
  • Piano - Elementary
  • Piano - Intermediate
  • Theory - Elementary
  • Theory - Intermediate
  • Voice - Elementary
  • Voice - Intermediate

Credentials

  • 1998 - ARCCO - Royal Canadian College of Organists
  • 1976 - M. Mus. - State University of New York at Potsdam
  • 1974 - Diploma in Early Music - University of Nottingham
  • 1969 - ARCM - Royal College of Music
  • 1969 - One-year Residential Certificate Course - Royal School of Church Music, Surrey, UK

Professional development

  • Suzuki Teacher Certification - Three level course taken at Queen's University with Valery Lloyd-Watts and Carole Bigler - 1995

School Associations

  • Ontario Registered Music Teachers' Association - Provincial / State
  • Suzuki Association of the Americas - National
RCM Credentials
RCM Certified
RCM Examiner