John Horman has now retired at the completion of 26 years of teaching in the Montgomery County Public School System, Montgomery county, Maryland. He taught for 21 years at the elementary level and 5 years at the secondary level. During his tenure with the Montgomery County System, John received the Broom Award for Excellence for his work in composition for children . He has worked extensively with choruses at both the elementary and secondary levels and taught general music.

John has served Warner Memorial Presbyterian Church in Kensington, Maryland for the past 28 years. He is presently Director of Music and oversees 4 choirs, writing extensively for all of them. John's compositions are found in the catalogs of ten nation-wide publishers and his choral works, both secular and sacred are sung throughout the country. John recently wrote for both the Silver Burdette and the Macmillan Publishing Houses for their 1988 school music series. His compositions have been heard on national television in the United States and Great Britain.

John also travels widely as a choral clinician and consultant, giving workshops in children's and youth choir techniques and repertoire. He has directed over 50 choir festivals in the last 10 years, most recently in Fayetteville, North Carolina; San Diego, California; Augusta, Georgia; Dunedin, Florida; Charleston, West Virginia; and Huntington, NY. Summer workshops in 1997 included Montreat, North Carolina; Grand Rapids, Michigan; and Rapid City, South Dakota. He conducted workshops during the summer of 1998 in Orlando, Florida; Rapid City, South Dakota; Blackstone, Virginia; Manassas, Virginia; and Naperville, Illinois. In 1999 he conducted workshops in Albuquerque, New Mexico; Camp Glenkirk, Virginia; and Lake Junaluska, North Carolina.

John Horman served on the Choristers Guild Board of Director for 6 years, the last 3 years as president of the board. He is presently on the Editorial Staff of the new Church Music for Children Curriculum, and Church Music Workshop published by Abingdon Press. Recently, he was elected to the Board of the Presbyterian Association in Louisville, Kentucky. He will be serving a 3 year term with that organization.

Presently, John is a member of a partnership with an artist and Christian educator called NEW PATHS. This team services churches and community groups with programs that utilize music, visual arts and drama to assist individuals in discovering spirituality through the arts. This team has now completed its third year of offering programs to churches and fellowship groups in the Washington area. NEW PATHS has just authored its first two books, "Something Old, Something New-Hymns to Sing and Things to Do" (Vol I & II), published by Abingdon Press.



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