John Colton's RARB Bio

John has been a fan of contemporary a cappella music since discovering a couple of CDs by The Nylons as a freshman in college. His love did not really blossom, however, until near the end of his graduate school studies at U.C. Berkeley; from ~1998-2000 he became a huge fan of the California Golden Overtones and the UC Men's Octet. He is very happy he got to see the UC Men's Octet and the California Golden Overtones many times live in concert while at Cal; more recently he has enjoyed concerts by Vocal Point and Noteworthy at BYU, and Rockapella & and the King's Singers in Wisconsin.

Since his university days, his passion for a cappella music has grown to include classical a cappella music, and he joined the La Crosse Chamber Chorale (a mainly classical, mainly a cappella group based in La Crosse, WI) as a bass singer in 2003. He sang with them for four years and served on the chorale's board of directors for three. A move to Utah in 2007 required him to leave the LCC, but he has recently started singing with the Utah Baroque Ensemble.

While a student at Brigham Young University, John sang in two collegiate choirs, and played trumpet in two collegiate bands. In addition to singing and playing trumpet, John has been a director, accompanist, and singer in various church choirs for the past 20 years. John is currently a physics professor at Brigham Young University, in Provo, UT, where he lives with his wife Pauline and their two children. Besides music, physics, and family, John spends his time helping in the Sunday School at his local LDS (Mormon) church, playing table tennis, and cheering for the Utah Jazz.

Reviews by John Colton

Sort by: [ date | score ]

	Outspoken - O2: Sing Responsibly [12 Sep 2008]
	Twisted Measure (Elon University) (Elon University) - psychoacoustic [26 Aug 2008]
	Acappology (North Carolina State University) - Long Time Coming [13 Aug 2008]
	The Rice Philharmonics - Phils So Good [11 Aug 2008]
	The Ransom Notes (University of Texas at Austin) - Not Much Left to Say [28 Jul 2008]
	Starving Artists (Brandeis University) - Midnight Snack [15 Jul 2008]
	Maybebop - Superheld Live [06 Jul 2008]
	Eclipse - Grateful Praise [11 Jun 2008]
	The Euphorics - Born to Sing [09 Jun 2008]

9 total reviews