Dr. John Flanery

Dr. John Flanery serves as President of the Bishop Heelan Catholic Schools in Sioux City, Iowa. In this capacity John oversees four Pre-K through 8th grade centers and Bishop Heelan Catholic High School. The system includes 1,650 students, 125 faculty and another 60 staff members. John   also conducts the Missouri River Choral Society, an area chorus that he founded in 2018 that performs frequently in the Siouxland area.

John previously held positions as Director of Choral Activities at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces and Associate Choral Director at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg. As a collegiate choral professor, John taught courses at the undergraduate and graduate level in choral conducting and choral literature. He has led mixed choirs, men’s choirs and  community choirs for over two decades. His choirs have been selected to perform at state and regional conferences as well as touring extensively regionally, nationally and internationally.

John has a Doctor of Musical Arts and Masters degree both in Choral Conducting from the University of Kentucky. His Bachelor’s of Music Education degree is from Briar Cliff University in Sioux City, Iowa.  John and his wife, Juliane, have five children – Elias, Cecelia, Josephine, Lucinda and William.