Bruce Wheatcroft (theabbey@xittel.ca)
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Dr. Bruce Wheatcroft has spent most of his working
career in the service of the church as a conductor,
organist, teacher and administrator.  He holds a D.Min.
in theology from St. Stephen's College, Edmonton, a
M.Mus in Musicology from the University of Alberta a
B.Mus. in organ performance and the ARCCO diploma from
The Royal Canadian College of Organists.  He has also
been active as a teacher in the public school system of
Alberta and has lectured at undergraduate and graduate
levels for the University of Alberta in the Department
of Music and the Department of Education.  He has taught
for the faculty of music at McGill University and has
been a frequent examiner for the music department. 

Since 1972 Dr. Wheatcroft has conducted, performed and
recorded as a concert organist throughout North America,
Asia and Europe.  He has been frequently heard as a
recitalist or as conductor for national CBC broadcasts. 
He has held important church music posts in Montreal
(The Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul) and Western
Canada, is very active as an adjudicator and has
developed a distinguished career as a workshop leader
and lecturer throughout the country.  He has served as a
board member for Festival on the St. Lawrence, a bi-
national performing and visual arts, heritage and
outreach initiative along the St. Lawrence Seaway.  The
Abbey's own Tapestry series of concerts takes place in
The Abbey's small concert hall.  The concert series has
received critical acclaim for its innovative programming
and venue.

He is a co-founder of The Abbey for the Arts, Inc., his
country home, which functions as a retreat centre for
the arts and other special interest groups.  At The
Abbey (www.theabbey.ca), he serves as workshop leader,
facilitator, teacher or as host for others using the
facility.

Dr. Wheatcroft is an active consultant in the area of
Organ Construction and Design (www.organconsulting.ca) .
His dissertation focused on the Reverberation
Characteristics of Contrasting Worship Spaces.