John has been self-employed full time as a Music Arranger and Instructor since the mid-seventies. He has multiple degrees in the Performing Arts and has had the pleasure, over the years, of playing in numerous Jazz and Latin Big Bands and Combos/Groups, Community Orchestras and Wind Ensembles, Musicals (Scholastic and Local Theatres), Assorted Mummers groups (as part of their “pick-up” bands), and Drum & Bugle Corps.

John has adjudicated with the National Judges Association as a music judge in T.O.B competitions.

The list of Corps and Bands that John has written for and/or instructed is fairly long; A partial list includes ( in alphabetical rather than chronological order) :

College Bands:Eastern Illinois University Panther Marching Band, University of Cincinnati Bearcat Marching Band, University of Massachusetts-Amhurst Minutemen Marching Band.

High Schools: Arlington HS (NY), Athens HS (GA), Brick Memorial HS (NJ), Cape Girardeau HS (MO), Cheshire HS (CT), Dunellen HS (NJ), Hamilton HS (NJ), Huntington HS (LI, NY), Immaculata HS (NJ), Marlington HS (Ohio), Mont Pleasant HS (NY), Msgr. Farrell HS (NY), Old Bridge HS (NJ), Ramsey HS (NJ), Roselle Park HS (NJ), Shelton HS (CT), South Brunswick HS (NJ), Terre Haute HS (Indiana), Tottenville HS (NY), Trumbull HS (CT), West Babylon HS (NY), West Essex HS (NJ), West Windsor-Plainsboro HS (NJ).

Junior Drum Corps: Black Knights (Bellville, Ill.), Cavaliers (Chicago, Ill.), Coast Guard Academy (New London, CT), First Defenders (Del), Garfield Cadets (Garfield, NJ), Illiana Lancers (Illinois), Jersey Surf (Berlin, NJ), Lancers (NYC, NY), Naval Academy (Annapolis, MD), Phoenix (NJ), Riversiders (NYC, NY), Sacred Heart Crusaders (NJ), Saints (LI, NY),Spirit Of St. Louis (MO),Volunteers (Troy, NY).

Senior Drum Corps: Caballeros (NJ), Defenders (NY), Erie Thunderbirds (PA), Heat Wave (Fla.), Hurricanes (CT), Kilties (Wisc.), Knights Of Noble Callahan (NY), Lancers (MD), Men of Brass (Ohio), Skyliners (NY), Sunrisers (NY), Vagabonds (CT), Vagabonds (NY), Volunteers (NJ), Westshoremen (PA).

Additionally, John has performed as a soprano soloist with a number of the senior corps that he has taught/written for…Caballeros, Skyliners, Sunrisers, Volunteers and Westshoremen…and has won numerous Best Soloist awards at competitions throughout the years.

From the mid-60’s through the ‘70’s John was a regular entrant at the then popular Individual and Quartet Music Competitions which were run by many of the Drum Corps throughout the NY, NJ, PA and CT areas and was the winner of numerous 1st Place Soprano Soloist awards.

In 2000 John was awarded the prestigious DCA Best Soloist Award at the DCA Finals in Syracuse, NY.

The list of titles won by corps in which John has worked with in the various capacities of Show Coordinator and/or Music Arranger/Instructor include both State and National American Legion titles, DC Midwest, the National Dream Championship, DCA Mini-Corps, and nine DCA Championship Titles (Caballeros, Skyliners, Sunrisers and Westshoremen).

On August 31, 1996, John was inducted into the DCA World Drum Corps Hall of Fame in recognition of his long list of accomplishments and contributions to the Drum & Bugle Corps activity.