John holds a Bachelor’s Degree in music from Oberlin Conservatory and a Masters Degrees from Northwestern University School of Music and Yale University School of Music. He studied organ and harpsichord in Vienna, Austria, on a Fulbright-Hays Grant. He has been a church organist and choir director for many years serving Lutheran, Congregational, Catholic, Unitarian, and Episcopal Churches in Ohio, Illinois, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine & New York. He served as Lecturer in the Music Department at Bates College in Maine and has taught private music lessons in voice, piano, harpsichord, and organ.