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Jon began his musical journey as a choirboy at Washington's National Cathedral. He holds a Master's Degree in choral conducting and voice from The New England Conservatory of Music. 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, singing in hundreds of venues including Carnegie Hall and appearing in the film Philadelphia. He also holds an MFA degree in theater and appeared in a Broadway show that closed the first night! He moved from New York City to Provincetown, Massachusetts at the very tip of Cape Cod in 1993. There he met his future husband James. In 2002 they founded The Outer Cape Chorale, a 150-voice community chorus specializing in classical choral works which Jon conducted until 2016 when they moved to the Tampa Bay, Florida area. There they founded the 120-voice One City Chorus specializing in songs of social justice which Jon conducted until 2025 when they moved to Brevard, NC. He served as Director of Music at U.U. churches in Provincetown and St. Petersburg, and while in Florida he prepared the chorus for the Florida Orchestra’s annual Sing Out Tampa Bay concerts for three years.
SOCIAL JUSTICE SONGS
America (Neil Diamond) - SAB & piano ; SATB and piano
Civil Rights Medley (traditional) SATB and piano
Defenders of Marriage (Roy Zimmerman) Two-part
El Mismo Sol (“Under the Same Sun”) (Alvaro Soler) - SAB and piano
Ella’s Song (Bernice Johnson Reagon) - SATB a cappella; TTBB a cappella
Get Together (Youngbloods; Chet Powers) – SATB and piano; SAB and piano
Gimme Some Truth (John Lennon) – SAB and piano
Hard Times Come Again No More (Stephen Foster) – SATB and piano
Harriet Tubman (Walter Robinson) - SATB a cappella; SAB and piano
How We Doin’ Dr. King? (Time Burnaman) – SAB and piano
If Not Now (Carrie Newcomer) – SATB and piano; SAB and piano
Let the River Run (Carly Simon) – SATB and piano; SAB and piano
None of Us Are Free (Ray Charles: Weil, Mann and Russell) SAB and piano; SATB and piano
On the Turning Away (David Gilmour) – Two-part with piano
One Day (Matisyahu: Levine, Hernandez, Lawrence and Miller) – SAB and piano; SATB and piano; SSA and piano
Revolution (John Lennon and Paul McCartney) – SAB and piano
Save the Country (Laura Nyro) – SAB and piano; SATB and piano
She Stands For Me (Clyde Moreland) – SAB and piano
(Something Inside) So Strong (Labi Siffre) – SAB and piano; SATB and piano; 6-part a cappella
Sometimes You Gotta Make a Wave (Jon Arterton) - SAB and piano
Wallflower (Peter Gabriel) – Solo Voice and piano
We Shall Be Free (Garth Brooks & Stephanie Davis) –SAB and piano; SATB and piano; SA and piano
What’s Going On (Marvin Gaye; Cleveland, Gaye and Benson) – SAB, piano and alto solo
Woke Up This Mornin' With My Mind Stayed on Freedom (traditional) – SAB and piano; SATB and piano; SSA and piano
SONGS ABOUT PEACE, LOVE AND OTHER GOOD THINGS
Amazing Grace – Appalachain Style (traditional) – SATB and piano; SAB and piano ; TTBB a cappella
Beauty in the World (Macy Gray; Reichart, Lopez, Cross, and Mcintyre) – SAB and piano
Bless the Beasts and the Children (Barry Devorzon and Perry Botkin Jr.) – SATB and piano; SAB and piano
Cecilia (Paul Simon) – SATB and piano
Celebration (Paul McCartney) – SAB and piano
Circle of Life (Elton John & Tim Rice) from The Lion King – SAB and piano; SATB and piano
Dona Nobis Pacem (traditional) SATB a cappella
Give Yourself to Love (Kate Wolf) – SATB and piano
Grace and Gratitude (Olivia Newton John and Amy Sky) SATB and piano
(The) Greatest Gift (Andrea Bocelli; Wadge, Myrin and Moccio) – SATB and piano; SAB and piano
Here to Love (Lenny Kravitz) – SAB and piano; SATB and piano
Homeward Bound (Paul Simon) – SATB and piano
I Wonder as I Wander (John Jacob Niles) – SATB and piano; SATB a cappella
In My Life (John Lennon and Paul McCartney) – SATB and piano; SAB and piano; SATB a cappella
In the Name of Love (Carole King) – SATB and piano; SAB and piano; SSA and piano
Kirtan Chants (traditional) – Unison
Lean on Me (Bill Withers) – SATB and piano
Life Is Eternal (Teese Gohl and Carly Simon) – SATB and piano
Light of a Clear Blue Morning (Dolly Parton) – SATB and piano; SAB and piano; SSA and piano
(The) Living Years (Mike Rutherford) – SATB and piano
One Day (Matisyahu: Levine, Hernandez, Lawrence and Miller) – SAB and piano; SATB and piano; SSA and piano
Save the Child (Carl Davis and Paul McCartney) – SAB and piano
Secret o’ Life (James Taylor) – SATB and piano
Swimming to the Other Side (Pat Humphries of Emma’s Revolution) – SAB and piano; SATB and piano
Three African Folksongs – (traditional) SATB and piano
SONGS BY THE BEATLES
Blackbird (Paul McCartney & John Lennon) - SATB a cappella & solo; SAB, piano and solo
Celebration (Paul McCartney) – SAB and piano
Day Tripper (John Lennon and Paul McCartey) – SATB a cappella
(The) Fool on the Hill (John Lennon and Paul McCartney) – SAB and piano
Gimme Some Truth (John Lennon) – SAB and piano
In My Life (John Lennon and Paul McCartney) – SATB and piano; SAB and piano; SATB a cappella
(The) Long and Winding Road (John Lennon and Paul McCartney) – SAB and piano
Revolution (John Lennon and Paul McCartney) – SAB and piano
Save the Child (Paul McCartney and Carl Davis) – SAB and piano
She’s Leaving Home (John Lennon and Paul McCartney) – SAB and piano
A CAPPELLA
Amazing Grace – Appalachain Style (traditional) – SATB a cappella; SAB a cappella; TTBB a cappella
Blackbird (Paul McCartney & John Lennon) - SATB a cappella & solo
Day Tripper (John Lennon and Paul McCartey) – SATB a cappella
Dona Nobis Pacem (traditional) SATB a cappella
Ella’s Song (Bernice Johnson Reagon) - SATB a cappella; TTBB a cappella
Harriet Tubman (Walter Robinson) - SATB a cappella
How Deep Is the Ocean (Irving berlin) – SATB a cappella
I Wonder as I Wander (John Jacob Niles) – satb a cappella
In My Life (John Lennon and Paul McCartney) – SATB a cappella
Mozart’s Symphony #40 Allegro (W.A. Mozart) SATB a cappella
My Ship (Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin) – SATB a cappella
Red Sails in the Sunset (Hugh Williams and Jimmy Kennedy) – SATB a cappella
(Something Inside) So Strong (Labi Siffre) – 6-part a cappella
Sweet Blindness (Laura Nyro) – SATB a cappella
Swing That Chariot – (traditional) – SATB a cappella
Walk Right In (The Rooftop Singers: Cannon and Woods) – SATB a cappella
(The) Water Is Wide (traditional) – SATTB a cappella
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