John Joseph Burke (10 May 1951 – 18 January 2020) was a Canadian composer and music educator.
As a composer he wrote mainly works for chamber ensembles, and his music displays an acute sensitivity to instrumental balance and timbre.
Many of his compositions have been recorded, including Firewind by pianists Bruce Mather and Pierrette LePage, ...ascends at full moon by guitarist Michael Laucke, and À la source d'Hypocrène by the ensemble of the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec among others.
[1] Burke was born in Toronto, and earned a Bachelor of Music in 1974 from McGill University, where he was a pupil of Bruce Mather and Alcides Lanza.
A grant from the Canada Council enabled him to pursue studies in France in 1978–1979 with Eugene Kurtz.