John Burland is a musician, teacher, speaker, and composer from Sydney, Australia who has been writing and recording religious music for children and adults for over twenty years. During this time he has written and recorded over 300 songs and published sixteen music collections which are used extensively in school/parish communities across Australia, New Zealand, the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.

In 2008, two of John's liturgical compositions, Come O Holy Spirit and Lord By Your Cross were included in the official World Youth Day liturgies in Sydney, Australia.  

John's first praise and worship album, All Are Welcome Here was released in March 2019. This music continues in the tradition of faith that many have come to love and recognize in John's music, yet branches out creatively in his expression of worship as an artist. This new venture led John to Nashville, Tennessee, where he teamed up with producer Stephen Lewieke at Yackland Studio to create a powerful expression of praise and worship. The result is an album of 10 faith-filled songs with a message of truth and celebration that is sure to span generations, as they proclaim that "all are welcome here in the house of the Lord."  John's second Nashville album with producer Stephen Lewieke ARISE was released In February 2020 to critical acclaim both internationally and in Australia.  In 2021 John released a new liturgical collection called Gathered As Your People Lord.  Recorded in Nashville with producer Stephen Lewieke, the collection includes five songs for Mass for Gathering, Eucharist and Sending Forth.

John regularly works with students, parents and educators in school/parish communities and educational institutions promoting catechesis and celebration through song, movement, prayer and story. He is a renowned speaker, workshop leader and internationally published author in the area of music and catechesis.

Over the last twenty years John has been a regular presenter at the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress and the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) Convention in the United States. 

For the past thirty years John has been working in Catholic schools throughout the Archdiocese of Sydney holding a variety of positions including Classroom teacher, Religious Education Coordinator and Deputy Principal. John is currently the Education Officer: Archdiocesan Liturgical Music for Sydney Catholic Schools in Australia, and the National Music Consultant for Bayard Inc in North America.