After studying the modern flute and receiving a Bachelor of Music from Wayne State University in Detroit (1996) and a Master of Music from Louisiana State University (1999), John studied historical transverse flutes with Eva Legêne through the Early Music Institute at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.

While at Indiana University, John also worked closely with Eva Legêne, Stanley Ritchie, Washington McClain, Michael McCraw, Nigel North, Wendy Gillespie, Elisabeth Wright, Jacques Ogg, Kate Lukas and Thomas Robertello. In the spring of 2002, John was a prizewinner in the Early Music America Summer Study Competition. With the prize from this competition, he was able to continue his early flute studies with Stephen Preston, professor of Baroque Flute at the Guildhall School of Music in London. John graduated from Indiana University in the spring of 2003 with a Master of Music degree in Historical Flute Performance and Early Music History.

John's principal teachers include: Kathryn Lukas, Eva Legêne, Dr. Katherine Kemler, Clement Barone, Eleanor Lawrence, Jeffery Zook and he has previously studied with Dr. Joanna Cowan White, Joan Heneghan, Dr. Penelope Fischer, and Ervin Monroe.

An active chamber musician, Mr. Rush is responsible for new works by commissioned composers Niel Currie, Kenneth Froelich, and Gary Schocker. In May of 2003, John gave a New York debut at Barge Music under the auspices of the Andrew DeGrado Foundation. As a collaborative artist John has worked with Anna Klein (piano), Bernard Gordillo (harpsichord), and Robert Turner (baroque flute and recorder).

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