Nathan Johnson Pianist 278 Plain St, Norton, MA 02766 Telephone: 617-444-9926 email: nathanjohnson1@gmail.com Education Curriculum Vitae 2005 Master of Music (Piano Performance) 2002 Bachelor of Music (Piano Performance) 1996 Murray High School High School diploma Musical Training 2011-2012 Dr. Sergey Schepkin 2003-2006 Dr. Vedrana Subotic 2002-2003 Jeffrey Price 1996-2002 Dr. Susan Duehlmeier 1990-1995 Ann Harrington 1994-1996 William Sullivan Trumpet Studies 1
Work Experience 1995-Present Private Piano Teacher/Tutor Salt Lake City, Utah Carlisle, Massachusetts Norton, Massachusetts 2002-2004 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Piano area 2003-2005 Adjudicator for Encore Piano Competition, NFMC, and Preparatory Division Provo, Utah and Salt Lake City, Utah 2002 Presenter for Nationwide MTNA Conference Salt Lake, City, Utah 2002 Masterclass Teacher for the National Collegiate Honors Council Dumke Recital Hall, 2001 Audition pianist for Broadway casting of Cats Marriot Dance Center, 1999-2001 Pianist for Ballet Department, Ballet West, and Ballet West Academy/Conservatory Salt Lake City, Utah Workshops 2003 Dr. Ana Maria Botazzi SummerArts Festival 2003 Juana Zayas SummerArts Festival 2001 Mu Phi Epsilon International Music Fraternity Convention San Antonio, Texas 2000 Eric Himy SummmerArts Festival 1997 Laura Spitzer SummerArts Festival 2
1997 Dr. Julie Nagle Summerarts Festival Performances 2012 Solo Recital...Bach, WTC Book II, BWV 875 & 878 Trinitarian Congregation Church Beethoven, Sonata op. 7 Norton, Messiaen, XI & XVI from Vingt Regards sur l'enfant-jésus Massachusetts Chopin, Etudes 10 and 12 from op. 10 Liszt, Légende de St. Francois de Paule Marchant sur les Flots 2012 Chaminade Club Concert...Bach, WTC Book II, BWV 878 Florence Liszt, Légende de St. Francois de Paule Marchant sur les Flots Hayward Sweet Messiaen, XI & XVI from Vingt Regards sur l'enfant-jésus Clubhouse, Attleboro, MA Chaminade, Concertino for Flute and Piano, op. 107 Saint-Saëns, Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, op. 167 2011 Solo Recital...Handel, Chaconne in G Major, HWV 435 Trinitarian Congregational Church Beethoven, Sonata op. 31. no. 2 Norton, Massachusetts Ravel, Gaspard de la Nuit Liebermann, Gargoyles, Op. 29 2006 Solo Recital... Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition Steinway Recital Hall Beethoven, Sonata in C Major, op. 53 no.1, ( Waldstein ) Salt Lake City, Utah 2005 Master s Recital II...Beethoven, Sonata op. 31, no. 3 Dumke Recital Hall, Brahms, Intermezzo in A minor, op. 116, no. 2 Ballade in G minor, op. 118, no. 3 Romanze in F Major, op. 118, no.5 Rhapsodie in E-flat Major, op. 119, no.4 Ligeti, From Etudes, Book I: 1. Desordre 5. Arc-en-ciel Maroney, Touche (world premiere) Schubert, Wanderer-Fantasie, op. 15 2004 Utah Composer s Ensemble... Johnson, Nathan, Entropy Dumke Recital Hall, 2004 Master s Recital I...Bach, J.S., From Das wohltempierte Klavier, Book 1: Dumke Recital Hall, Prelude and Fugue in D-sharp minor, BWV 853 Das Wohltempierte Klavier, Book 2: 3
Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp Major, BWV 882 From Partita no. 6 in E minor, Bwv 830: No.1: Toccata Rachamaninov, From Etudes-Tableaux,, op.33: No. 7 in E-flat Major, No. 8 in G Minor Messiaen, From Vingt Regards sur l Enfan Jesus: No. 1, Regard du Pere, No. 6, Par lui tout a ete fait Shostakovich, From 24 Preludes and Fugues, op. 87: No. 7 in A major, No. 15 in D-flat Major, No. 24 in D minor 2003 American West Symphony...Saint-Saëns, Le Carnaval des Animaux Sandy City Amphitheater 2002 Mu Phi Epsilon Founder s Day Concert...Gentry, Christian, Passacaglia Dumke Recital Hall, 2002 Mu Phi Epsilon Founder s Day Celebration...Bach, J.S., The Lion House, Salt Lake City, Utah From Das wohltempierte Klavier, Book 2: Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp Major 2002 Angela Cheng Masterclass... Ravel, Le Gibet Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Salt Lake City 2002 Senior Recital...Bach, Sonata in D Minor, BWV 964 Dumke Recital Hall, Beethoven, Sonata in C Major, op. 53 no.1, ( Waldstein ) Ravel, Gaspard de la Nuit 2002 Temple Square Olympic Concert Series...Beethoven, Sonata in C Major, op. 53 Assembly Hall, Temple Square, Salt Lake City 2002 International Composers Guild Competition Winners Concert...Nielsen,Troy, Fantasia for Piano 2001 Gina Bachauer Music in the Schools Concert Series...Beethoven, Various Schools, Sandy, Utah Sonata, op. 53 2001 Claude Frank Masterclass... Ravel, Le Gibet 2001 Utah Symphony Subscription Concert...Mozart, Concerto in A Major, K488 Abravanel Hall, Salt Lake City 2001 New America Symphony...Saint-Saëns, Camille, Le Carnaval des Animaux Browning Fine Arts Center Concert Hall 2001 Composers Concert...Johnson, Nathaniel, Cere I (World Premiere) 4
University of California, Davis 2001 Libby Gardner Concert Hall Gala Anniversary Concert...Brahms, Rhapsodie, op. 119, no. 4 2000 Utah Composers Guild Annual Concert...Nielsen, Troy, Fantasia for Piano First Prysbeterian Church, Salt Lake City 2000 Tori Stodle Masterclass...Beethoven, Sonata, op. 53 2000 MTNA Recital Competition...Brahms, Piano Pieces, op. 116 no.2, Heritage Music, Provo, Utah op. 118 no.3, op. 119 no.4 Stravinsky, trans. Leyetchkiss, Danse Sacrale Beethoven, Sonata, op. 53 Ravel, Concerto for the Left Hand 2000 Temple Square Concert Series...Brahms, Rhapsody, op. 119, no.4 Assembly Hall, Temple Square, Salt Lake City 2000 Opening Gala Concert... Bach, Utah Philharmonia, Concerto for four Harpsichords in A Minor Libby Gardner Hall, 2000 Utah Philharmonia...Ravel, Concerto for the Left Hand 2000 UMTA Honors Recital...Ravel, Concerto for the Left Hand Baldassin Performance Pianos Recital Hall, Salt Lake City 1997 Murray Symphony...Saint-Saëns, Piano Concerto No.2 in G Minor, op. 22 Hillcrest Junior High School 1996 University Convocation...Chopin, Nocturne in C Minor, op. 48 no. 1 1996 Murray High School Orchestra...Saint-Saëns, Murray High School Piano Concerto No.2 in G Minor, op. 22 Competitions 2004 First Place Winner, Accompanying Competition SummerArts Piano Festival and Competition 5
2001 First Place Winner, Quick Study Competition SummerArts Piano Festival and Competition 2001 Second Place Winner, Piano Competition SummerArts Piano Festival and Competition 2001 Second Place Winner, Lowell Farr Accompanying Competition SummerArts Piano Festival and Competition 2001 Third Place Winner, Sight Reading Competition SummerArts Piano Festival and Competition 2000 Grand Prize Winner, Piano Competition SummerArts Piano Festival and Competition 2000 Gold Medal Greater Spokane Music and Allied Arts National Festival and Competition, Spokane, Washington 2000 Third Place Winner, Piano Concerto Competition UMTA Concerto Competition, Salt Lake City 1999 First Place Winner, Piano Concerto Competition 1996 Best Romantic Era Performance SummerArts Piano Festival and Competition 1994-1996 Superior Ratings State Solo and Ensemble Festivals (piano solo, brass ensemble, orchestra, jazz ensemble) 1993-1996 Superior Ratings National Federation of Music Clubs Competitions (piano solo, duo, concerto) Awards 2004 Royal Court of the Golden Spike Scholarship Salt Lake City 6
2002 Solveig Lunde Madsen Scholarship Mu Phi Epsilon International Professional Music Fraternity Epsilon Mu Chapter, 2001 Fine Arts Advisory Board Scholarship for Music 2001 New Music Ensemble Scholarship 2000 Nomination to the National Society of Collegiate Scholars 1996- Tracy Scholarship for Piano Performance 2002 1996 Marines Semper Fidelis Award for Musical Excellence Murray High School 1996 Music Sterling Scholar Murray High School Chamber Music, Accompanying, and Orchestral Piano 2005 Chamber Music Recital...Debussy, Sonata for cello and piano in d minor Dumke Recital Hall, Rachmaninov, Vocalize Popper, Fantasia on Little Russian Songs Shostakovich, Sonata for cello and piano in d minor, op. 40 2005 New Music Ensemble...Messiaen, Quatuor pour la fin du temps Dumke Recital Hall, 2005 School of Music Honors Recital...Shostakovich, Sonata for cello and piano Libby Gardner Concert Hall, in d minor, op. 40 2004 New Music Ensemble...Ligeti, From Etudes, Book I: 1. Desordre Dumke Recital Hall, 5. Arc-en-ciel Maroney, Vocalise for French Horn and Piano MacMillan, Sonata no. 2 for Cello and Piano 7
2004 New Music Ensemble...Messiaen, From Visions de l Amen: Libby Gardner Concert Hall, IV: Amen du Desir VII: Amen de la Consommation 2003 Percussion Recital...Bartok, Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion Libby Gardner Concert Hall, 2003 New Music Ensemble...Bartok, Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion Libby Gardner Concert Hall, 2003 American West Symphony...Stravinsky, The Firebird Assembly Hall, Salt Lake City Copland, Appalachian Spring 2002 New Music Ensemble...Goldstein, Perry, Songs of Never and Again Dumke Recital Hall, Elias, Gerald, Conversations with Essie 2001 Canyonlands Ensemble with William Bolcom...Schoenberg, Pierrot Lunaire Libby Gardner Concert Hall 2000 Utah Philharmonia...Copland, Billy the Kid Libby Gardner Concert Hall 2000 Utah Philharmonia... Puccini, La Rondine Libby Gardner Concert Hall 2000 Wind Symphony...Kopetz, Barry, The Raven Libby Gardner Concert Hall 1999 Piano Duo Recital...Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody, No. 2 Bruxelles, Belgium Tchaikovsky, Russian Folk Songs 1999 An Evening with Beatrix Schneider...Rachmaninoff, Prelude in C# minor Bruxelles, Belgium Bach, From Das wohltempierte Klavier, Heft 1: Prelude in G major Delibes, Duet from Lakme Malotte, The Lord s Prayer 1996 Temple Square Concert Series...Handel, Let the Bright Seraphim Joseph Smith Memorial Building, Salt Lake City, Utah Community Service 2012-2013 Scholarship Chair for The Chaminade Music Club 8
Attleboro, Massachusetts 2003-2005 Volunteer, Park City Summer Chamber Music Concert Series Park City, Utah 2001-2004 Guest Artist Assistant, Virtuoso Concert Series 2003-2004 Steward, Mu Phi Epsilon International Fraternity Epsilon Mu Chapter, 2003 Guest Artist Assistant, SummerArts Festival and Competition 2002 Peer Jury, Gina Bachauer International Artists Competition Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center/Abravanel Hall Salt Lake City, Utah 2000-2002 President, Mu Phi Epsilon International Music Fraternity Epsilon Mu Chapter, 2001-2002 Development of music curriculum for Title-One elementary schools Foreign Language 1997-2000 Fluent French, Writing and Speaking 2 Years Residence in Belgium and France; grammar studies at the University of Utah 9