John maintains an active singing career traveling around the country to perform with professional choirs and chamber ensembles in Austin, Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Tucson, and Santa Fe. He began singing professionally while in school in Dallas with the Dallas Bach Society and the Orpheus Chamber Singers. After receiving his Bachelors of Music from the University of North Texas, John was based for four years in Boston. During this time, he began traveling to perform with ensembles like Austin’s Grammy award-winning Conspirare, Miami’s Grammy-nominated Seraphic Fire, and the Santa Fe Desert Chorale. As a soloist, he has performed with the Harvard Collegium Musicum and Boston Early Music Festival’s 2010 opera, Dido and Aeneas. He has worked with world-renowned conductors Harry Christophers, Ton Koopman, and Craig Hella Johnson and has recorded with the labels Harmonia Mundi, CORO, and Clarion. In 2013, John received his Masters of Music in Choral Conducting from Southern Methodist University and is currently teaching private music lessons in Austin, TX while continuing his travels to sing.
As a teacher, John has specialized in Renaissance and Baroque performance practice, with a great affinity for Monteverdi and Schütz. However, his teaching style is toward a versatile and free voice capable of mastering many styles. John’s students learn a solid foundation of classical technique which integrates elements of Yoga to bring a full mind-body-breath connection into the playful discovery of one’s unique voice. In 2015, John completed his 200-hour yoga teacher training at the Yoga Seed Collective, a non-profit yoga studio in Sacramento, CA.
In performance with Conspirare, one of John's favorite music-makers.