1 Poem by John Cole

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John Cole was trained as a composer having completed his music studies at the University of Victoria (1989) and Simon Fraser University’s School for Contemporary Arts (1993) in Canada. In 1999 he received a two-year Monbusho government scholarship to study under Jo Kondo at Elizabeth University of Music in Hiroshima (graduating 2006). He has made Japan his home and currently teaches contemporary music at the latter institution among other universities in Japan. He has been devoting more and more of his time to writing poetry which is often informed by his music practice.