| At the age of six John began performing in public. He has traveled the East Coast performing both individually and with groups such as the Swingin' Medallions. John was bass soloist with his high school choir and toured ten countries in Europe with the choir. He also was a bass soloist in Bach's Christmas Oratorio and Mendelsohn's St. Paul Oratorio. |  | John appeared on numerous television programs in Georgia and South Carolina and appeared on national television after winning a statewide contest with his high school folk group. He has a B. A. degree from Lander College and has nineteen years experience teaching music in the elementary schools both as a classroom teacher and as an artist-in-residence in schools under the auspices of the South Carolina Arts Commission. |