



Authors for Our PreK–12 Music Curricula
Meet our Nationally Recognized Authorship Team
Judy Bond
René Boyer
Margaret Campbelle-Holman
Emily Crocker
Diane Cummings Persellin
Lori Custodero
Marilyn Davidson
Virginia N. Ebinger
Robert de Frece
Carol Gnojewski
Mary Goetze
Betsy Henderson
John Jacobson
Michael Jothen
Chris Judah-Lauder
Carol King
Danette Littleton
Ellen McCullough-Brabson
Janet McMillion
Nancy Miller
Ivy Rawlins
Fred Rogers
Sue Snyder
Gilberto D. Soto

John Jacobson
President and founder of America Sings! Inc.; Senior Contributing Writer/Editorial Consultant of John Jacobson's Music Express Magazine; Composer/arranger for Hal Leonard Corporation; President, jJump! (a musical fitness program for children)
Edgewood, California
Education
B.A. of Music Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Masters of Liberal Studies, Georgetown University
Honors and awards:
Presidential Point Of Light Award Winner; Parent's Choice Award Winner; iParenting Media Award Winner
Prior publications:
Hundreds of published songs, musicals and classroom materials; recordings, videos, DVDs
Role in Spotlight on Music:
- Planned and wrote lessons for In the Spotlight sections, Grades 1–6, Student Editions.
- Contributed show choir choreography strategies to accompany selected songs, Grades 1–6.
- Appears on Grade-Level DVDs to demonstrate choreography.
Areas of interest/expertise:
K–8 music education, choreography, composing and arranging