Background
Swafford, Jan Johnson was born on September 10, 1946 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. Son of Charles Monroe Johnson and Lucille (Swafford) Johnson.
Swafford, Jan Johnson was born on September 10, 1946 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. Son of Charles Monroe Johnson and Lucille (Swafford) Johnson.
Bachelor, Harvard College, 1968. Master of Museum Arts, Yale School Music, 1977. Doctor of Museum Arts, Yale School Music, 1982.
Assistant professor Boston University School for Arts, 1977-1978. Visiting assistant professor Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1979-1981, Amherst College, 1980-1981. Freelance composer, writer, since 1981.
Member American Music Center, Minnesota Composers Forum, Composers Forum.
Married Julie Pisano, December 20, 1973 (divorced 1979).