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Charles
A. Johnson, Conductor |
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Charles
Anthony Johnson received his M. A. in composition and his Ph. D in musicology from
the University of California in Los Angeles. As a student he played violin
and viola in The Stockton Symphony, University of Pacific, and UCLA
orchestras, performing with Roger Wagner, Lukas Foss, Jan Popper and
others, and was Assistant Conductor of the UCLA orchestra. |
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1967 to 1978, Dr. Johnson was on the faculty of Sam Houston State
University, where he taught music history and theory and conducted the
orchestra. While there, he established and was member of the faculty
string quartet, and from 1974 to 1978 was conductor of the Bryan-College
Station Chamber Orchestra. |
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1973 he has been a violist with the Houston Ballet Orchestra and has
performed with such groups as the American Ballet Theater, Joffrey Ballet,
Ballet Nacionale de Cuba, Royal Ballet, Royal Canadian Ballet, Eva Marton, Jose Carerras, and others. He is presently in his
29th
season as Conductor and Music Director of The Clear Lake Symphony and was
for six years the Conductor and Music Director of the Houston Civic
Symphony. Dr. Johnson has been a guest conductor of the Houston Ballet and
has conducted in Spain, Poland, and the
Czech Republic. He has made recordings with The Bohuslav Martinu Symphony
and The Neuremberg Symphoniker. |
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