Jon Arterton and James Mack
legally married and the sky didn't fall
Jon Arterton
Jon began his musical journey as a choirboy at Washington's National Cathedral where his father was a minister. He was twice a Tanglewood Vocal Fellow at the Berkshire Music Festival, and holds a Master's Degree in choral conducting and voice from The New England Conservatory of Music where he also served as Assistant Conductor of Choruses. He was the founder and vocal arranger of The Flirtations, the proudly gay a cappella group seen on HBO, Good Morning America and in the film Philadelphia. He toured with the group for a decade and performed all over Europe and the Americas, singing in such places as Carnegie Hall and Yankee Stadium. He also holds an MFA degree in Acting from Smith College, and appeared as an actor in many regional and Off-Broadway productions, and in The Utter Glory of Morrissey Hall on Broadway.
Jon moved from New York City to Provincetown at the very tip of Cape Cod in 1993. There he conducts The Outer Cape Chorale, a large non-auditioning community chorus he founded in 2002, and gives periodic Singing Workshops. He has given master classes at theGay and Lesbian Choruses Small Ensemble Festival in Louisville, the Contemporary A Cappella Society Conference in Boston, and the Augusta Heritage Music Festival in Elkins, WV. He serves as the Director of Music at Provincetown’s U.U. Meeting House and performs multi-layered songs with his solo voice and a digital looping device called an Echoplex. He legally married the love of his life James Mack in April, 2005, and together they created Just Married ! (the Musical) which they have recently begun to perform regionally.