New director of choral activities appointed

You may not know it, but there's a new face lurking around the music building at 20 Professors Row. The Music Department has finally hired a full-time director of choral activities. His name is James A. John, but he likes to be called Jim. Mr. John is an easy-going guy, but also has an air of enthusiasm and dedication that is contagious. Fresh from a stint at Nassau Community college as the director of Choral Activities for four years, he comes to Tufts with a great deal of experience and enthusiasm and with the goal of transforming the often ignored Tufts Chorale and Chamber Singers into a major presence on this campus.