When John was 15
years old, his family joined a new and larger church. After a short time
John was asked to become the accompanist for the Teen Television Choir,
where he was able to experience the new challenge of on-camera performances.
All the while, John was becoming active in school music programs as well,
winning music-awards and scholarships at Mount Pleasant High School,
Graduating in 1974. |
John Troutman
has been playing the piano
for more than 50 years. Born in Chicago, Illinois, John took his first
piano lesson at 8 years old. After a few weeks of lessons, the music
teacher secretly shared with John's parents that the young pianist
showed great promise as a musician and with hard work could very well
become a Concert Artist. Mr. & Mrs. Troutman quietly retained those
thoughts as the family relocated from the Windy City back to their
Carolina roots where John and his 3 siblings were introduced to a
purely country existence. |
. Their new home was an old two-story farm
house without indoor plumbing, (no bathroom or tub) just a lone cold water
faucet in the kitchen The tin-roofed home on 75 acres in Mt. Pleasant,
North Carolina has since become home to
Wings of Eagles Ranch
serving Cabarrus County, in Rural Concord, North Carolina. |
At age 11, young John was asked to
play the piano for church choir
rehearsal in the absence of the regular accompanist. (Both his Mom
& Dad sang in the choir.)
From that day forward John began taking on more and more responsibility as pianist for small groups and by age 13 was the full-time accompanist for
the church choir.
Every new piece of music, every rehearsal, and every performance
helped John to grow as a musician, and expand his music skills.
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During his College years, John spent his summers at the University of
Michigan's, National Music Camp and
Interlochen Center for the Arts.
After College, John
worked in Computers and Banking but spent most of his time at
home practicing the piano. 1986 was a year full of personal and
career changes for John and family. During that year, John turned 30, celebrated 4 years of marriage, and learned that he and Lorie were expecting their first child, and recorded his first album. Three years later the growing success of his albums prompted John to make the transition to full-time musician. Now many years later, John's time is divided between concert appearances, time with family, and studio recording. |
John is a
Youtube Partner with more Than
5 Million Channel-Views and
11000+ Subscribers,
John's Youtube Music Videos and
51 Piano Hymns are watched by
more than 10 Thousand viewers per day. John and wife Lorie currenty
reside in Concord, North Carolina where John spends most of his time in
the recording studio working on new albums. John and his wife
Lorie celebrated their 32nd wedding anniversary in 2014. Their 3 adult
children John, David & Holly, have been very active in music during their
undergraduate and college years. John retired from live piano performances
in 2014 but and
spends most of his time in the recording studio creating new music.
Contact John Troutman:
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