John Wilton Nelson (born December 6, 1941, San Jose, Costa Rica, of American parents) is an American conductor. Nelson studied at Wheaton College, and later at the Juilliard School of Music with Jean Morel . John Nelson is also known for his interest in choral music and is the Artistic Director of Soli Deo Gloria, an organization that has the goal of encouraging classical sacred music by funding commissions, encouraging performances of masterworks and making possible the performance of classical sacred music in locales where such music is not well known.