Associate Professor of Music
Baritone

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Education:
B.S. in Music, Southern Nazarene University 
    - emphases in piano and voice
M.M. in Voice Performance, University of Oklahoma
D.M.A. in Vocal Arts, University of Southern California
secondary fields - music history, voice science, church & choral music

Teaching areas:
voice, diction, music history

Courses taught:
Applied Voice, Diction, Music History, Introduction to Music

Musical Involvements:
Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions
- District winner 2001
OperaWorks Summer Intensive Program
- Participant 2001
Carmel Concert Series Vocal Competition
- Finalist 2001
Most Outstanding D. M. A. Vocal Arts Graduate
- U. S. C. 2000
Léni Fé Bland Performance Grant 1999
Nunzio Crisci Opera Competition
- Most Outstanding Male Singer

About the Artist:
John Craig Johnson, baritone, has been praised internationally by Opera News as a distinguished voice of "solid technical facility and impressive, rich, singing." The Los Angeles Times has called him "a very appealing bass" and a singer that "handled roles with honor and conviction." He has sung principal roles with Los Angeles Opera, Long Beach Opera, Orange County Opera and the San Bernardino, Bakersfield, and Palisades Symphonies. He has been heralded as "the star of the evening . . . deliciously comic and richly sung" by the Pasadena Star for his Papageno in Die Zauberflöte.

Additionally, Mr. Johnson maintains a very active role as a voice teacher and has taught at the University of Southern California, Azusa Pacific University and La Sierra University, where he served as Director of Vocal Studies, directing and producing Die Zauberflöte, Mikado, Pirates of Penzance, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Cendrillon, and Man of La Mancha. His students are frequent winners of regional competitions, including the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.