约翰·卡瓦诺是沈阳音乐学院客座教授。他是美国奥柏林音乐学院键盘技术部主任，艺术家文凭的钢琴技术项目主任和键盘技术执行总监。自1987年毕业于北贝内特街学校以来，他与施坦威有着密切的联系。毕业后，他曾在波士顿和底特律为施坦威的经销商工作。 2001年，他加入了奥柏林的钢琴技术部，两年后成为部门负责人。
2003年，他和施坦威公司的约翰·巴顿在奥柏林创建了施坦威，这是斯坦威学院的一个夏季课程。音乐学院仍然是施坦威在工厂外唯一的培训设施。卡瓦诺与施坦威的肯特·韦伯一起指导此项目。
卡瓦诺在音乐会舞台上工作，为世界各地的艺术家准备钢琴。他还为音乐学院的学生教授钢琴技术课程，并在海外开设了专门课程，尤其是在南非和中国。他每年夏天都会在阿斯本音乐节和学校担任音乐会技术人员，并教授钢琴技术给职工学员。他是施坦威赞助的克利夫兰国际钢琴比赛的音乐会技术人员。
卡瓦诺在纽约和汉堡的工厂接受了西奥多施坦威技术学院的培训，他在纽约工厂的培训包括在教室里学习和到多个部门工作。在汉堡工厂，他接受了专门的业务训练。
John Cavanaugh is a visiting professor of Shenyang Conservatory of Music. He is the director of piano techonlogy department of Oberlin Conservatory of Music, director of the Artist Diploma in Piano Technology program and executive director of keyboard technology. Cavanaugh has had a strong connection with Steinway and Sons since his graduation from the North Bennett Street School in 1987. Immediately upon graduation, Cavanaugh worked for Steinway dealerships in Boston and Detroit. In 2001, he joined Oberlin’s piano technology department, where he became department head two years later.
In 2003, he and John Patton of Steinway & Sons, created Steinway at Oberlin, a summer program of classes for the Steinway Academy. The conservatory remains the only offsite factory training facility for Steinway and Sons. Cavanaugh continues to direct this program with Kent Webb of Steinway.
Cavanaugh works on the concert stage preparing pianos for artists worldwide. He also has taught piano technology classes for students at the conservatory and has led special courses overseas, most notably in South Africa and China. Cavanaugh works as a concert technician every summer at the Aspen Music Festival and School, where he also teaches piano technology to apprentice staff. He is a concert technician for the Steinway-sponsored Cleveland International Piano Competition.
Cavanaugh received training from the C.F. Theodore Steinway Technical Academy in both the New York and Hamburg factories. His training in the New York factory included work in the classroom and in the forefinishing, damper, and voicing departments. At the Hamburg plant, he received special training in action and voicing service.