"Presenters who went after I spoke, mentioned Burlington High School as having an amazing program," said John. "It feels great to be recognized by the greater Boston community of professionals."
Burlington High School is making an impression at Boston Music Schools. John Middleton-Cox presented at a symposium at the Berklee College of Music. The topic was producing Musicals on a shoe string. Mr. Middleton-Cox was chosen to represent the High School age. During his presentation, he showed a 20 minute video montage of the past 10 years of musicals at Burlington High School.
While the audience watched the video (below) in the background, Mr. Middleton-Cox reviewed a typical budget and how to pull it all together. The growth and development of the program was so evident to all. From "Damn Yankees" in 2001 - "Kiss Me Kate" in 2011, the ticket sales and budget has tripled.
Alumni Patrick Hanafin is now a freshman at Berklee. He performed Brush Up Your Shakespeare from "Kiss Me Kate" to help represent the Collegiate age group.
We are very lucky to have John. The high school music department and music programs throughout all of the Burlington Public Schools continue to impress me on a regular basis. The support for the musical programs in Burlington is also impressive, which goes to show that the families of Burlington are central to our success and accomplishments. Sing on! Play on!
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BA - Theatre Arts, Penn State University
Penn State Glee Club, Officer
Essence of Joy, The Premier Gospel Choir of PSU
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, A Professional Fraternity for Men in Music - Spring '97, AZ Chapter (PSU)
John is amazing. He has contributed so much to the well being of students at BHS. It has been my great pleasure to be able to have recorded footage of his work over all these years.
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