John E. Ware is a Professor of Voice and the Director of Choral Activities at Xavier University of Louisiana. Several of his students have been accepted to some of the nation's premier graduate schools and have gone on to significant performing careers.

Ware's major commitment to the Greater New Orleans Community has been through his work combining community and university groups for domestic and international performances, including engagements with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, the New Orleans Opera Chorus, the New Orleans Black Chorale, and the Ashé Power House Theater. He has also collaborated on original works premiered by the Xavier Department of Music, including Dan Shore's opera Freedom Ride and the musical Preacher Man! Preacher Man! by Roger Dickerson and John O'Neal.