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John Paul Farahat leads a dual career as performer and pedagogue, committed to music interpretation and improvisation in all forms.
Notable past solo concert venues include the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris, as well as La Madeleine, Saint-Eustache, Saint-Sulpice, the Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Montpellier, and the Cathédrale Saint-Etienne de Toulouse (France), the Berliner Dom and Nikolaikirche Potsdam (Germany), Westminster Abbey, Saint Paul’s Cathedral in London, Trinity College Cambridge, and Coventry Cathedral (England), the University of Saint Andrews (Scotland), Kallio Church Helsinki, Central Pori Church, and Tampere Cathedral (Finland), Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue and Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, and the Basilica of the National Shrine in Washington DC (USA), as well as the Cathédrale Saint-Hyacinthe in Québec, Notre-Dame Cathedral in Ottawa, and the Cathedral of Saint James in Toronto (Canada).
Farahat holds the post of Director of Music and Principal Organist of St. Basil’s Church, the collegiate church of the University of St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto. He further serves on the team of organists for Saint Michael’s Cathedral Basilica.
In addition to teaching through his private studio, Farahat is on faculty as Organ and Piano Instructor at St. Michael’s Choir School and is a cross-listed adjunct organ faculty member at Emmanuel College of Victoria University in the University of Toronto. He has served for juries and examinations of the Royal Canadian College of Organists and is past Chair of Scholarships and Bursaries; he sat on the Board of Directors of the same organization as Chair of Advocacy.
John Paul Farahat holds the Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance degree from the University of Toronto. He studied organ, improvisation, and harpsichord with Kevin Komisaruk, and received additional instruction from Olivier Latry, Peter Williams, Martin Haselböck, Noam Sivan, and Thomas Murray.
Notable past solo concert venues include the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris, as well as La Madeleine, Saint-Eustache, Saint-Sulpice, the Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Montpellier, and the Cathédrale Saint-Etienne de Toulouse (France), the Berliner Dom and Nikolaikirche Potsdam (Germany), Westminster Abbey, Saint Paul’s Cathedral in London, Trinity College Cambridge, and Coventry Cathedral (England), the University of Saint Andrews (Scotland), Kallio Church Helsinki, Central Pori Church, and Tampere Cathedral (Finland), Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue and Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, and the Basilica of the National Shrine in Washington DC (USA), as well as the Cathédrale Saint-Hyacinthe in Québec, Notre-Dame Cathedral in Ottawa, and the Cathedral of Saint James in Toronto (Canada).
Farahat holds the post of Director of Music and Principal Organist of St. Basil’s Church, the collegiate church of the University of St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto. He further serves on the team of organists for Saint Michael’s Cathedral Basilica.
In addition to teaching through his private studio, Farahat is on faculty as Organ and Piano Instructor at St. Michael’s Choir School and is a cross-listed adjunct organ faculty member at Emmanuel College of Victoria University in the University of Toronto. He has served for juries and examinations of the Royal Canadian College of Organists and is past Chair of Scholarships and Bursaries; he sat on the Board of Directors of the same organization as Chair of Advocacy.
John Paul Farahat holds the Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance degree from the University of Toronto. He studied organ, improvisation, and harpsichord with Kevin Komisaruk, and received additional instruction from Olivier Latry, Peter Williams, Martin Haselböck, Noam Sivan, and Thomas Murray.