Organ Overview

Find a welcoming home. Organ studies at the University of Toronto are dedicated to honouring the past, embracing the present, and envisioning the future of this remarkable instrument. Students join a supportive community of peers and teachers passionately engaged in our love for the instrument and its music.

Study with the Best

Students receive personalized instruction from distinguished permanent faculty and visiting organists of international repute. Students learn, practice, and perform on exceptional instruments throughout the city, and the University of Toronto campus itself is home to several beautiful organs such as the symphonic Casavant at Convocation Hall (IV/77), the modified-meantone organ by Wolff et Associés (III/31), a tracker-action neo-baroque Casavant (II/28), and a Létourneau practice organ (II/10).

Programs

Bachelor of Music in Performance, Organ
MMus in Instrumental Performance
DMA in Keyboard Performance

Build a Career

The University of Toronto is a world leader in organ studies. Our graduates develop rewarding careers in music and the arts. Many have achieved significant prominence as solo and ensemble performers.

Organist Dr. Ryan Jackson, Bachelor of Music in Performance graduate
University of Toronto's Knox College, organ Wolff (1991) III/32

Embrace a City of Opportunity

One of the world's great multicultural cities, Toronto offers Organ students a remarkable diversity of musical experiences. The city is home to an astonishing range of classical and contemporary musical styles and genres in which the organ can figure. Student opportunities include performing in the many churches and halls throughout the Greater Toronto Area.

Upcoming Events

February
25
Free - Public - Masterclass
Time 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Location St. Basil's Church
February
26
Free - Current Students - Panel
Time 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Location Walter Hall
February
27
Free - Current Students - Panel
Time 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location Walter Hall
February
28
Free - Public - Concert
Time 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Location St. Basil's Church

Some of my favourite things about U of T Music have been meeting people from all kinds of backgrounds and combining my music degree with various other passions and interests, and being nestled in such a cosmopolitan city, exposes one to a multiplicity of music traditions! My Professors are very understanding and caring, and my interpersonal relationships with my Professor and my peers inspire me and bring me further.

– Emmanuel Wong

Bachelor of Music 2027 - Interdisciplinary Music Studies (Organ)

Have a question?

Contact our Organ Area Head for more information about our Organ area and programs.

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