Welcome. I am a bass player, composer and music educator living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This site documents my various musical, scholarly, and teaching activities. I have a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from York University, and am currently employed as a sessional lecturer at Toronto Metropolitan University and University of Toronto. Every now and then I find the time to make some music with my friends in bands such as Stranger Still, See Through 4, Molehill, and with Alasdair Roberts and MÃ iri Morrison. Please have a look and listen, and get in touch should you be curious about my work.
News
Stay tuned for a new album from Stranger Still, to be released in Spring 2026. Titled We Might Not Tell Everybody This, this third album by the band features 11 more songs set to the poetry of Alden Nowlan.
Upcoming Shows
Molehill - Jake Oelrichs (drums), Mike Smith (bass), Pete Johnston (guitar)
The finest in Improvised electro-minimalist dub music
27 February 2026, 7 PM
Tranzac, 292 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto
Pay What You Can
Click here for a taste of what Molehill has to offer your ears. Video courtesy of Hero To Music Joe Strutt of Mechanical Forest Sound
Stranger Still - Mim Adams and Randi Helmers (voice), Rob Clutton (bass), Pete Johnston (guitar)
The poetry of Alden Nowlan (1933-1983) set to music
15 March 2026, 2 PM (Note early start time)
Tranzac, 292 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto
PWYC
Check out The Songs Which Are (2023) and Songs Of Bread, Wine and Salt (2019) on Bandcamp, or anywhere else you find music on the interweb these days.
