John has written a number of songs including "If you were coming" (Emily Dickinson) which was premiered in Canada in 2010, "Margaret" and "Eyes that last I saw in tears". A "Prelude & Fugue" for organ was broadcast live on Radio 3 in the 1990s whilst Worthing enjoyed the premiere of "Fixer's Galop" - a tribute to the retiring fixer of Worthing Symphony Orchestra, Peter Craen, after over forty year's service to the orchestra.