Dr. John is an international competition winning concert pianist who teaches along with his spouse Ms. Suzanne at ArtsConnect.  He is a specialist in piano technique, and has the Artist diploma from Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. Master of Music from Manhattan School of Music and Bachelor of Music from Manhattan school of Music. He has recently played in the Los Angeles area with the combined orchestra of Olympia Youth and Cal State Los Angeles and at the National Association of Music Merchants multiple piano  concerts and with the Dayton philharmonic. In addition he has played solo in three concerts at Carnegie Hall in New York, most recently in 2018 and many others. In 2018 Dr. John won first place in the BMTG international piano competition in the advanced solo division, and in 2023 Second Prize in the Advanced Division of the Charleston International Piano Competition, World Music. He was also  He is former Chairperson of WAIF Radio, where he still serves as Trustee, and Director of Music/Keyboardist at Hartzell United Methodist Church in Blue Ash and has a Radio show on WAIF 88.3 F.M. in Cincinnati, “The John Carpenter Classical Music and Variety" program, Mondays from 6-8 pm. John's second prize winning performance at the Charleston Competition is here:  John Carpenter - Mazurka Number 4 | 2023 World Music Competition