John has been connected to sacred and liturgical music since early childhood when he spent his formative years as a choir boy at Guelph's Church of Our Lady. By age 16 he began studying pipe organ and secured a position as organist at St. John’s Church in Guelph.
His studies on piano began at age 9 and by age 18 he began performing jazz and popular music on a professional level. He simultaneously continued his studies of classical music into his early twenties completing an Honours Degree in Music at the University of Guelph and obtaining an Associate Certificate as a piano instructor with the Toronto Royal Conservatory of Music. He has since studied privately with some of the most noted instructors in the country.
John has over thirty-five years experience working in Christian churches and has performed over thirty-five hundred engagements as a professional pianist. His background in liturgical, classical, jazz and popular idioms can be witnessed in his enthusiastic approach to modern gospel music.