Bradley Johnson
Biography
Dr. Bradley Johnson is a bassoonist who is an advocate of new music and promoter of diversity. He regularly performs music by underrepresented composers and has premiered numerous works by living composers.
Johnson is currently Lecturer of Bassoon at Eastern Michigan University and previously held an academic position as Adjunct Instructor of Bassoon at Northern Arizona University. He has had an active orchestral career having performed regularly with the Scottsdale Philharmonic, Flagstaff Symphony, and The Phoenix Symphony. He has also been featured on recordings of music by Kevin Day and Carlos Simon.
Johnson also has a love of chamber music. He is a co-founder of the Arcane Reed Quintet (ARQ) that focuses on diversifying the reed quintet repertoire. ARQ has performed at the Coltman and Fischoff chamber music competitions, and have performed at the International Clarinet Association ClarinetFest as well as the International Double Reed Society conference.
Most recently, Johnson was accepted to the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO), a three week festival in Lucerne, Switzerland that focuses on contemporary orchestral and chamber repertoire. While there, he worked with world renown musicians such as Enno Poppe, Susanna Mälkki, Ilan Volkov, Johannes Schwarz and Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson. In the Summer of 2024, he also co-hosted the International Double Reed Society conference in Flagstaff, Arizona.
Johnson has studied with Dr. Albie Micklich for his Doctor of Musical Arts degree, and holds a Master of Music degree from Ithaca College and a Bachelor of Music degree from Central Michigan University. His primary teachers include Dr. Albie Micklich, Dr. Christin Schillinger, MaryBeth Minnis, and Amy Rhodes.