John Morrow is an Oklahoma native who currently lives and works in Connecticut.

In August 2023, John began serving as the Director of Music & Organist at First Congregational Church in Darien, CT; simultaneously, he began work as Assistant Director of Choral Programs at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT. John directs the Vox Nova Project Choir in Fairfield County, CT, and will premiere the treble arrangement of Jennifer Lucy Cook’s Time in April 2024 at Sacred Heart. He will serve as the Chorusmaster for the Classical Music Festival in Eisenstadt, Austria in 2024, preparing Joseph Haydn’s Der Sturm and Missa in tempore belli (Paukenmesse).

John studied choral conducting and rehearsal techniques with Richard Zielinski, Betsy Burleigh, Dominick DiOrio, David Howard, and Walter Huff. He studied organ with Christopher Young, David Heller, and Vicki Schaeffer.

In 2019 and 2022, John was one of two American conductors chosen to attend the Sacred Music Today Masterclass in Stockholm, Sweden, working with the choirs of Storkyrkan and St. Jacob’s Cathedral with Gary Graden and Mikael Wedar. In 2023, he helped lead the first IU Schola Cantorum, a highly selective high-school and undergraduate experience in sacred choral and organ music, assisting Dr. Jeff Smith and Dr. Dana Marsh. He served as a collaborative pianist and singer for the IU Choral Department.

An avid believer that music brings communities and people who might not otherwise meet together around a common purpose, John is at home leading a professional choir or a community chorus. He is passionate about finding ways to connect choral music to 21st Century audiences. In 2024, he is working with a group of musicians to found the Civic Passion Project, a future 501(c)(3) focused on finding collaborative and innovative ways to evolve the performances of oratorio, cantata, and choral song cycles.