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Mr John Turner
John Turner began his musical career as a church pianist at the age of nine in his hometown of Fairfield, Iowa. While in high school he was invited to join a local professional dance band called the Aristocrats. He joined the United States Air Force in 1968 as a bandsman and served over twenty years before retiring in 1989. His last assignment before retirement was as a pianist and the chief arranger for the USAF Academy Band in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He finished his undergraduate degree in music after retirement and obtained a Master of Music degree in composition from the University of Colorado in 1995. He is a published composer and arranger and has been represented in the catalogs of Bourne, Shawnee Press, Lillenas and Lorenz Music Publishing companies. UNC Jazz Press recently published two of his vocal jazz arrangements: "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" and "Angels We Have Heard on High". Lorenz will also be publishing a book of piano arrangements in 2013 entitled "In the Quiet Moments".
John is the leader of two dance bands and is very active in the local music scenes of Colorado Springs and Pueblo.
