John Atteberry is currently the music teacher at Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School in Joplin, Missouri, where he is responsible for Middle School Instrumental Music, Upper School Instrumental and Vocal Music, Music Theory and Drama. He is also principal bassoon of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra. In the past, he was bassoonist with the Jupiter Symphony of New York, Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia, Princeton Chamber Orchestra, Princeton Pro Musica, and the Riverside Symphonia, and many other ensembles in the New York/Philadephia areas. He also played in the opera orchestras for the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina, the Festival of the Two Worlds, in Spoleto, Italy, and the AIMS Festival in Graz, Austria. He has degrees in Bassoon Performance from the University of Missouri – Columbia, and Rutgers University. John is also a published composer, with works for Choir and Handbell ensemble available through GIA Music Publishers, Beckenhorst Press, and Choristers Guild.