John’s works can be divided into a number of categories
Religious music: John has composed much for Clifton Cathedral including a powerful setting “Woefully arrayed” for choir, brass and organ which has been performed in both Clifton Cathedral and St Albans Abbey. Other major choral works include the “Missa in honorem Ioannis Paulus P.P.I”, the introit “O God, who desirest truth in the inmost heart” and many psalm setting.
Songs: these include “The Rose”, a setting of Emily Dickinson “If you were coming in the Fall” - premiered in Canada in 2010 - and a setting of T.S. Eliot’s Eyes that last I saw in tears.
Other pieces include a score for the silent film “The Open Road” premiered at the BFI theatre on the South Bank and “Fixers Galop” written for the final concert of Peter Craen as fixer of Worthing Symphony Orchestra.