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 John joined our staff in early August 2007, having served as Director of Music at Worthington Presbyterian Church (Worthington, Ohio) for the preceding eight years.
John holds degrees from Northwestern University (B.M.E.) and the University of Iowa (M.A. in Choral Conducting).
He has taught senior high school vocal music in Iowa and Illinois, and worked extensively with private children’s choruses, including serving as the
Associate Conductor of the Glen Ellyn (Illinois) Children’s Chorus. He also served as Director of Music Ministries at First Presbyterian Church of Glen Ellyn. John’s responsibilities
here at First Congregational include developing the total music and fine arts program of the church, working in conjunction with
the clergy, organist, program staff, and volunteer leadership.
His first year here included starting a children's choir and a
middle school handbell ensemble, directing a children's musical,
implementing a new audition process for the Music Scholars program,
and hosting a workshop with the Northern Illinois University Chamber
Choir. He is beginning his second term as the
Repertoire and Standards Chair for Music in Worship, the North
Central Division of the American Choral Directors Association.
In addition, he directs the Junior Choir of the Appleton Boychoir,
an organization that now rehearses four of its ensembles here at our
church. John and his wife, Kristy (a German teacher), have a son, Ethan, who will be
a high school sophomore this fall.
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