Lani Nui, MT
ʻO John Zirkle ka Luna Hoʻokumu o ka Warren Miller Performing Arts Center, he haku mele lanakila ma ka honua, a he kumu hoʻonaʻauao mele hoʻohanohano ʻāina. Ma lalo o ke alakaʻi ʻana a John, ua hoʻokipa ʻo WMPAC ma luna o 325 mau papahana i ʻoi aku ma mua o 80,000 mau mea kūʻai aku ma ke kaona o lalo o 4,000 mau kānaka noho piha. Ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻomohala koʻikoʻi no WMPAC, ua hoʻonui ʻo John ma luna o $8 miliona no ka hana noʻeau ma Montana ma o ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā pilina ikaika me nā hui kālā aupuni, nā kumu pilikino, a me nā mea hāʻawi pākahi. I kona noho ʻana ma WMPAC, ua lawelawe ʻo John ma ke ʻano he panelist loea no ka ʻAha ʻAi ʻo Montana, ke Kōmike Cultural and Aesthetics Projects for the Montana State Legislature, ka Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF), a me ka National Endowment for the Arts. Ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma nā ʻano alakaʻi like ʻole a me nā kūlana luna ma nā papa o ka Arts Council of Big Sky, ka Montana Performing Arts Consortium, Montana Chamber Music, Arts Northwest, a ʻo ia ka Pelekikena hoʻokumu o Roots in the Sky, kahi hui hīmeni ʻoihana. ma Bozeman. I ka makahiki 2024, ua koho ʻia ʻo John i ka papa alakaʻi o ka Big Sky Resort Area District.
Ma ke ʻano he mea pena, ʻike ʻo John i kāna hoʻoikaika ʻana mai ka hana mele hui. Ma 2008, ua huakaʻi kūʻokoʻa ʻo ia no hoʻokahi makahiki ma ʻEulopa Hikina e aʻo ana i nā hui leo leo a me nā hui mele ma Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Croatia, a me Estonia ma ke ʻano he Thomas J. Watson Fellow. Loaʻa iā ia nā palapala hōʻoia mai ka International Summer Academy of Music ma Ochsenhausen, Kelemānia a ʻo kāna mau kumu haku mele ʻo Jan Jirasek, Ofer Ben-Amots a me David Hykes. ʻO ka mea koʻikoʻi o kāna papa kiʻiʻoniʻoni mele e hana pū ana me ka luna mele mele lanakila ʻo Emmy ʻo Michael Kosarin a me ka mea haku mele lanakila ʻo Oscar ʻo Alan Menken me Disney ma Broadway.
Mai ka makahiki 2010, ua lilo ʻo John i mea ikaika ma ka ʻoihana noʻeau kūloko, alakaʻi, hoʻomaʻamaʻa a hana ʻana ma luna o 60 mau hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni a me nā mele mele me nā hui he nui, ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea āna i kōkua ai e loaʻa mai ka honua, me Big Sky Broadway, i kēia manawa. lawelawe ʻoi aku ma mua o 125 ʻōpio ma Big Sky i kēlā me kēia makahiki. He puka puka no ke Kulanui ʻo Colorado a me Montana State University, makemake nui ʻo John i ka maikaʻi ma ka hana noʻeau a mahalo nui ʻo ia i hiki iā ia ke hahai i kāna mau mea aloha nui ʻelua - ka hana hana a me ka leʻaleʻa waho - ma Big Sky nani.