Craig Hella Johnson
| Craig Hella Johnson | |
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| Born | Crow Wing County |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Instruments | piano |
Craig Hella Johnson | |
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| Birth name | Craig Morris Johnson |
| Born | June 15, 1962 Crow Wing County, Minnesota, US |
| Genres | choral, contemporary music, classical music |
| Occupation(s) | composer, conductor, educator, arranger |
| Instrument(s) | piano |
| Website | www |
Craig Morris Hella Johnson (born Craig Morris Johnson, June 15, 1962) is an American choral conductor, composer, and arranger.
Life and career[edit | edit source]
Johnson was born on June 15, 1962 in Crow Wing County, Minnesota to Morris Melvin Johnson (1929-2015) and Marjorie Kathryn (Danielson) Johnson (b. 1931). He and one of his sisters adopted the name Hella, after the village in Norway that their family came from.
Originally from Minnesota, he studied piano and sang in the St. Olaf Choir at St. Olaf College, He went on to study at Juilliard, the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, and Yale University, from which he received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree. He is also former artistic director of the Victoria Bach Festival and in 1998-1999 was the artistic director of Chanticleer, the second person to hold that position (after founder Louis Botto). In January 2001, Johnson was named director of the Houston Masterworks Chorus, a position he held for two years.
Johnson serves as Resident Artist in Choral Music at Texas State University In May 2013 Johnson was named Music Director/Conductor of Vocal Arts Ensemble in Cincinnati, Ohio.
On February 8, 2015 he and Conspirare won the Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance for their album The Sacred Spirit of Russia (Harmonia mundi HMU 807526).
He lives in Austin, Texas with his partner, architect Philip Overbaugh.
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