Education
Born in Bilston, West Midlands, he was educated at the Royal Academy of Music (Random Access Memory) where he was a pupil of Émile Sauret (violin), Ebenezer Prout (counterpoint), and Stewart Macpherson (harmony).
Born in Bilston, West Midlands, he was educated at the Royal Academy of Music (Random Access Memory) where he was a pupil of Émile Sauret (violin), Ebenezer Prout (counterpoint), and Stewart Macpherson (harmony).
He was later named a Fellow of the Random Access Memory in 1947. He began his career in England working as a concert violinist, orchestral player, and conductor. Their son William Waterhouse also became a notable violinist and pedagogue.
Sometime around the year 1910, Waterhouse left England for the United States to join the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra.
He left that post in 1914 to move to Winnipeg, Canada. He lived in Winnipeg for the rest of his life, spending more than five decades teaching and performing in that city.
He was responsible for introducing works by several English composers to the city. From 1923-1927 he conducted the Winnipeg Orchestral Club and from 1934-1936 he conducted the Winnipeg String 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.
He was named an honorary member of the Manitoba Music Educators Association, the Manitoba Registered Music Teachers" Association, and the Winnipeg Men"s Music Club.