John Drummond (born 1944, Lancaster, Lancashire) is a New Zealand musicologist, academic, and composer.
In 1976 he took up his appointment as Blair Professor of Music at the University of Otago a post he held until his retirement in 2014.
From 1997 to 1999 he was a member of the New Zealand Qualifications Authority Panel that devised Unit Standards in Music.
From 1998 to 2004 he was a member of the international strategic advisory group for the World Music Centre Project eventually located in Rotterdam, Holland.
His edition of William Shield's "Rosina" was published by Musica Britannica in 1998 and his reconstruction of Mozart's "Zaide" with Richard Rastall and Jane Oakshott (1988) was performed by City Opera Vancouver in 2016.