John Fereday Preston Waterhouse (28 October 1877 – 22 May 1970) was a Canadian violinist, conductor, and music educator.
Born in Bilston, West Midlands, he was educated at the Royal Academy of Music (RAM) where he was a pupil of Émile Sauret (violin), Ebenezer Prout (counterpoint), and Stewart Macpherson (harmony).
[1] In late 1912, Waterhouse left England for the United States to join the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra.
In 1965 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Manitoba, and in 1967 the Canadian Federation of Music Teachers' Associations honored him and five other recipients with a centennial citation.
His notable students included Lloyd Blackman, George Bornoff, Frederick Grinke, Hugo Rignold, Gwen Thompson, and his son William.