John Cannon began his keyboard career with a childhood broken arm. Finding his passion and skill at organ and piano, he attended Loomis Chaffee preparatory school in Connecticut in 1993, there winning the junior and senior prizes in music. At Colorado State University, in Fort Collins, John further developed his musical ability. In 1998, John took part in a summer organ tour of France where he played many of its finest organs. John completed his master’s degree in organ performance in 2003. While at college, in 1997-1999 he was the organist at First Congregational Church of Loveland, and from 2000-2003 he was the organist/music director at Saint Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church in Estes Park.
From 2003-2007, John was the Assistant University Organist for the University of the South, playing services at the School of Theology and the University Service at All Saints. John travelled to England with the University Choir, once in 2005 to Wells Cathedral, and once in 2007 to York Minster. He has been featured on two CD’s while at Sewanee, O Lord, open thou our lips and Choral Evensong from York Minster. He was the only assistant organist in the history of the University of the South to serve four years and to accompany the University Choir on tour in England twice.
From 2007-the present John has lived in Fort Collins, Colorado. He has produced a CD recording of the Marcusssen Organ at First United Methodist Church, and a CD on the Hauptwerk Virtual Organ, a computer organ simulator that allows an organist to play different organs from around the world. In the summer of 2009, John competed in the Luxembourg organ competition, Organs without Borders. John has travelled around the United States playing recitals in many churches including the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in NYC , the Cathedral of our Lady of Angles in Los Angeles and First Congregational Church in Los Angeles. On November 5, 2010, John premiered an original composition by David Briggs based on the hymn tune Lobe den Herren, o meine Seele at the Cathedral of St. John, Jacksonville, FL.
