About this user
Volunteer president and founder of America Sings, Inc. a non-profit company that empowers young people involved in music to help out less fortunate peers. A writer and composer of educational music and textbooks as well as John Jacobson's Music Express Magazine. Passionate about issues involving children and families as well as the arts and education. I live in Weed . Cailfornia where I am currently campaigning to represent CA District 2 in the US Congress.
Age
54
Country
United States
Occupation
Writer/composer/choreographer/ educator
Companies
America Sings! Inc., Hal Leonard Corporation, MacMillian McGraw Hill Publishing
Schools
Bachelors degree in Music from University of Wisconsin-Madison, masters from Georgtown University in Washington DC
Interests
Love to read , travel and work on my 1500 acre ranch. Some of my favorite trips have included:
Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro In Tanzania/Kenya
Teaching in Papua New Guinea
Spending a year working at Tokyo Disneyland
Riding 13,000 miles on the Trans-Siberean Railroad
Trekking in Patagonia
Elephant Safari in Thailand
Traveling around India by car.
Teaching in Vietnam
Taking my family on a Greek Island tour for my fortieth birthday!
Touring as a show director throughout Asia (Hong Kog Singapore, Malaysia, The Philippines, Indonesia etc.)
New Years in Bali
New Years In Guatemala
Taking an Amazon Cruise in Brazil
Visiting my peace Corps brother in Liberia
Taking a group of America Sings! youth to perform on Both sides of the berlin wall only to have it come down as we were there.
The Copper Canyon Train Ride through Mexico.
Touring to my ancestral home with Mother and siblings in Norway. Picking up Sweden and Denmark too.
Hiking on the Giant's Causeway in Ireland.
White Water Rafting in Costa Rica
Floating down the Nile in Egypt.
Basking on the banks of the Galilee in Israel.
Seeing Petra in Jordan.
Hiking the Cinque Terra In Italy
Filming a video for the Lutheran Church in Madagascar.
And so on:)
Jacobson08
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