John Winsor studied clarinet with Robert Harrison, David Harris, and Robert Marcellus of the Cleveland Orchestra and composition with John Rinehart and James Waters. He received a Bachelor of Music degree in music education from Heidelberg University and a Master of Arts degree in music theory from Kent State University. During the 1979-1980 school year, he was a doctoral assistant in composition at Kent State. He's the author of "What Your Preacher Didn't Tell You"