John Perkins

John comes to The Orlando Chorale from four and a half years of service as Executive Director of Federal City Performing Arts Association in Washington, D.C., an organization encompassing choral, dance and musical theatre ensembles. He previously served in senior management positions in Washington with the Council on Post-Secondary Accreditation, Trade Communications Inc., the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, and George Washington University where he served for many years as Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs.

Orlando is John's adopted home town, having originally moved here when he was five years old and subsequently graduating from William R. Boone High School. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in Music History and Literature from Florida State University. While in Tallahassee John produced and directed music, informational and variety programs for WFSU-FM and TV. He was also Music and Sound Director for the inaugural season of the State Theatre of Florida at the Aslo Theatre in Sarasota. After a short college faculty stint in the metropolitan New York City area, he served two years in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.

From the Orlando Little Theatre (long gone), to Tallahassee's Le Moyne Art Foundation, to D.C.'s Friends of Opera in Washington, John has always been involved in the life of his community. He recently served on the Mayor of Washington's Advisory Committee on GLBT Affairs, and on the Boards of Directors of the Northern Virginia AIDS Ministry and the Wolf Trap Park Foundation for the Performing Arts Associates. For the past several years he has also served as organizational consultant for the Orlando Children's Chorus.