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      • America!
      • Antilogy
      • Caccia
      • Halle Habana
      • Ninety-Five Minutes Over Jupiter
      • Preludes for the Four Seasons
      • Rising
      • Silhouette
      • The Spikenard
      • Tanguito
    • Horn and Piano >
      • A Door Into the Dark...
      • A Garden Path
      • Bay State Sonata (Donovan)
      • Brahms Six Songs
      • Chaconne & Fugue
      • Five Songs, Ives
      • Heroine
      • Hunting Songs
      • Irremediable Breakdown
      • Maiden Voyage
      • Out for a Stroll
      • Reverie (Gillie)
      • River Melos
      • Sonata (Gillie)
      • Sonata (Shewan)
      • Tardigrade, The Water Bear Waltz
      • Three Miniatures
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      • Fanfare (4 horns)
      • On Picasso (4 horns)
      • Under the Moon (2 horns, harp/pno)
    • Horns, five and more >
      • Amazing Grace (6 horns)
      • Beneath the Cross (5 horns)
      • B(h)ORN T'WIN (12 horns)
      • La Vita del Corno (8 horns)
      • Fanfare (horn choir, four parts)
      • Thy Hand Hath Provided (8 horns)
    • Horn Methods and Etudes >
      • Concert Etudes for Horn, Complete Collection
      • Concert Etudes - Brahms
      • Concert Etudes - Mahler
      • Concert Etudes - Strauss
      • Concert Etudes - Classics
      • Concert Etudes - Russians
      • The Daily Drill for Horn Players
      • Horn Excerpt Boot Camp, V. 1
      • Interval Training in 63 Etudes
      • Quarter Tone Manual
      • Twenty Difficult Etudes
    • Horn and Strings >
      • Blue Ridge Courtship
      • Canto Serioso
      • Next Door to Purple
      • Rivermist
    • Horn and Percussion >
      • Cruise Control
      • Tèarmunn
    • Chamber Ensembles >
      • 75/85
    • Brass Ensembles >
      • Battle Cry of Freedom (brass 5tet)
      • Beneath the Cross (brass 5tet)
      • Christmas Oratorio, Part VI (10 brass)
      • Danny Boy (Brass 5tet)
      • Philharmonic Fanfare (2019)
      • Práis (Brass 5tet)
      • Scenes from the Bayou (Brass Trio)
      • shoulder to shoulder (horn, trombone)
      • work songs (hn, tbn, tba)
      • Zen Monkey (Brass 5tet)
    • Trombone >
      • Scenes from the Bayou (Brass Trio)
      • shoulder to shoulder (horn, trombone)
      • Six Bones for Six Bones
      • work songs (hn, tbn, tba)
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      • Modern Warm-Up for Trumpet
      • Scenes from the Bayou (Brass Trio)
    • Tuba >
      • work songs (hn, tbn, tba)
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Joseph D. Johnson

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Dr. Joseph D. Johnson is a professional horn player, composer, and educator living and working in the Augusta, GA area, known as the CSRA (Central Savannah River Area). He previously held the second horn position with the Johnstown Symphony and has also performed with numerous orchestras throughout the Eastern United Sates, including the Augusta Symphony, Charleston Symphony (SC), West Virginia Symphony, and Knoxville Symphony to name a few. Dr. J is active as a chamber musician and soloist, having performed at multiple Southeast Horn Workshops, the 2016 International Horn Symposium, and as a featured soloist with numerous groups.

Dr. Johnson is an active member of the International Horn Society, having served as State Representative of West Virginia for four years. His articles have been published in The Horn Call, and he is frequently sought after as an adjudicator. Not only does he judge many of the regional and state competitions/festivals in his area, but Dr. J has also judged competitions at regional workshops and is a jury member for ENKOR International Competitions. Several of his arrangements for horn ensemble are published by Cimarron Music, including an original setting of the traditional tune, “Danny Boy.”
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Currently, Dr. Johnson serves as Instructor of Horn at Augusta University and USC Aiken, and served in the same capacity for Presbyterian College. He was also an adjunct professor with Southern Wesleyan University and maintains a vibrant private studio of young horn players in the Augusta, GA area. Dr. Johnson's primary horn teachers have included Dr. Carrie Strickland, Dr. Darian Washington, Robert Pruzin, Calvin Smith, and Dr. Virginia Thompson. He also studied with Bill Caballero of the Pittsburgh Symphony, and received instruction from Gail Williams, David Jolley, Adam Unsworth, Lowell Greer, and Marian Hesse. Dr. Johnson holds degrees from West Virginia University (DMA in Performance), The University of Tennessee (MM in Performance), and Augusta University (BM in Music Education).
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  • Overview
  • Publications
    • Horn, unaccompanied >
      • America!
      • Antilogy
      • Caccia
      • Halle Habana
      • Ninety-Five Minutes Over Jupiter
      • Preludes for the Four Seasons
      • Rising
      • Silhouette
      • The Spikenard
      • Tanguito
    • Horn and Piano >
      • A Door Into the Dark...
      • A Garden Path
      • Bay State Sonata (Donovan)
      • Brahms Six Songs
      • Chaconne & Fugue
      • Five Songs, Ives
      • Heroine
      • Hunting Songs
      • Irremediable Breakdown
      • Maiden Voyage
      • Out for a Stroll
      • Reverie (Gillie)
      • River Melos
      • Sonata (Gillie)
      • Sonata (Shewan)
      • Tardigrade, The Water Bear Waltz
      • Three Miniatures
    • Horns, Two to Four >
      • Fanfare (4 horns)
      • On Picasso (4 horns)
      • Under the Moon (2 horns, harp/pno)
    • Horns, five and more >
      • Amazing Grace (6 horns)
      • Beneath the Cross (5 horns)
      • B(h)ORN T'WIN (12 horns)
      • La Vita del Corno (8 horns)
      • Fanfare (horn choir, four parts)
      • Thy Hand Hath Provided (8 horns)
    • Horn Methods and Etudes >
      • Concert Etudes for Horn, Complete Collection
      • Concert Etudes - Brahms
      • Concert Etudes - Mahler
      • Concert Etudes - Strauss
      • Concert Etudes - Classics
      • Concert Etudes - Russians
      • The Daily Drill for Horn Players
      • Horn Excerpt Boot Camp, V. 1
      • Interval Training in 63 Etudes
      • Quarter Tone Manual
      • Twenty Difficult Etudes
    • Horn and Strings >
      • Blue Ridge Courtship
      • Canto Serioso
      • Next Door to Purple
      • Rivermist
    • Horn and Percussion >
      • Cruise Control
      • Tèarmunn
    • Chamber Ensembles >
      • 75/85
    • Brass Ensembles >
      • Battle Cry of Freedom (brass 5tet)
      • Beneath the Cross (brass 5tet)
      • Christmas Oratorio, Part VI (10 brass)
      • Danny Boy (Brass 5tet)
      • Philharmonic Fanfare (2019)
      • Práis (Brass 5tet)
      • Scenes from the Bayou (Brass Trio)
      • shoulder to shoulder (horn, trombone)
      • work songs (hn, tbn, tba)
      • Zen Monkey (Brass 5tet)
    • Trombone >
      • Scenes from the Bayou (Brass Trio)
      • shoulder to shoulder (horn, trombone)
      • Six Bones for Six Bones
      • work songs (hn, tbn, tba)
    • Trumpet >
      • Modern Warm-Up for Trumpet
      • Scenes from the Bayou (Brass Trio)
    • Tuba >
      • work songs (hn, tbn, tba)
  • Composers
  • Licenses
  • Recordings
  • Contact
  • FAQ
  • STORE CHECKOUT