JOHN HOOK, MUSIC DIRECTOR

Message from John
Our Music Director, John Hook, founded the BuxMont Choir in 1990. In his "day job", John is a Research Fellow with the Rohm and Haas Company, developing new products to be used in latex paints. John's background in music is quite varied. He sang in several choirs in his student days. He became interested in folk music at a Methodist youth camp, traded a never-well-played trombone for a guitar and found his true musical love - helping groups make music together. In college he was inspired by Brian Bowers to learn melodic style autoharp. Joining BuxMont in the early 1980s, John helped our Religious Education program as a teacher, song leader and youth advisor. At one youth con he met a visiting youth who also played melodic autoharp - that youth grew up and is the Rev. Dan Schatz, our minister. Denominationally, John has been very involved with the UU Musician's Network, where he has benefited from many workshops and repertoire sessions. John contributed to UUMN by leading workshops, serving on the Board of Directors, and is helping develop a professional certification program. John studies voice with Robert Wallace at the Settlement Music School.