John Crever is a driven educator with over 30 years of experience in music coaching, conducting, composition, instruction, production, management, and community organizing. His ability to connect with students and teachers of diverse socio-economic and cultural backgrounds has enabled him to successfully teach general music and choir in communities ranging from those ravaged by urban blight to suburban public and private settings to overseas students in the international school system in the Arabian Gulf. He has carried his love of vocal education from Westminster Choir College (’93, ’97) to these diverse venues. John now leads training on the Feierabend Approach to music education worldwide.
While deeply in the Feierabend camp, John Crever transitioned from teaching with Music Learning Theory and the Kodaly approach to adopting the Feierabend philosophies in 2008, which brought joy and satisfaction to him and countless students in the inner city and beyond. In addition to his classroom work, he is an endorsed teacher trainer for Conversational Solfege™️ all levels and First Steps in Music© curriculums. He now leads workshops and certification courses nationally, bringing the Feierabend curricula and pedagogy closer to where teachers teach. John hopes to help others share their own love of music through interactive learning with songs and movement. John lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife and three daughters, where he plots his Tuneful, Beatful and Artful take-over of the western states.
John Crever
Portland, OR 97215
Email: john@music-ade.com