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Johnson, Gordon James was born in 1949 in St. Paul, AMERICA0.
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Gordon James Johnson
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Gordon James Johnson, American Artistic director, conductor. Philharmonic Conductor's scholar St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, 1971; Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute fellow, 1983; named to Highland Park High School Hall ofFame, St. Paul, 1997. Member American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Bemidji State University, 1971; Master of Science, Northwestern University, 1977; D in Museum Arts, U. Oregon studied with Leonard Bernstein, Erich Leinsdorf, Herbert Blomstedt.
Career
Music director, conductor, Great Falls (Montana) Symphony Association, since 1981;
music director, conductor, Glacier Orchestra and Chorale, Montana, 1982-1997;
artistic director, conductor, Flathead Music Festival, Montana, 1987-1996;
music director, conductor, Mesa (Arizona) Symphony Orchestra, since 1997. Graduate teaching fellow U. Oregon, 1979-1981. Artist in residence Condr's Guild Institute, West Virginia University, conductor orchestra, 1984.
Conductor Spokane Symphony atThe Festival at Sandpoint. Guest conductor St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, 1971, Spokane Symphony, 1983, 86, Dubuque (Iowa) Symphony, 1985, Charlotte (North Carolina) Symphony, 1985, Lethbridge (Alberta, Canada) Symphony, 1986, Cheyenne (Wyoming) Symphony, 1986, West Shore (Michigan) Symphony, 1988, Bozeman (Montana) Symphony, 1989, Kumamoto Symphony (Kyshu, Japan), 1991, Kankakee (Illinois) Symphony, 1993, Toulon (France) Symphonies, 1994, Guam Symphony, 1995, Tokyo Lumiere Orchestra, 1995, Fort Collins (Colorado) Symphony, 1995, Wilmslow (England) Symphony Orchestra, 1997. Guest ballet conductor Alberta Ballet, 1986, Oakland (California) Ballet, 1988, Eugene (Oregon)Ballet, 1993, David Taylor Ballet, Colorado, 1994, St. Petersburg (Russia) Ballet, 1995, Western Ballet Theater, Oregon, 1996.
Speaker regionalconf. American Symphony Orchestra League, 1987, national conference, 1988. Member adjunct faculty U. Great Falls, since 1981, U. Montana, since 1996.
Lecturer U. Guam, 1995. Conductor seminars Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute, 1983, Conductor's Guild Institute, 1984, Festival at Sandpoint, Conductor's Program, 1986, American Symphony Orchestra League's American Conductor's Program, New York Philharmonic, 1987, Conductor's Guild "Bruckner Seminar", Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 1989, Carnegie Hall Training Program for Condrs., Cleveland Orchestra, 1993.
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Member American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
