Wade in the Water
Professor Johnson, Educator, Performer, Music Arranger and Clinician is a native of McClellanville, South Carolina.
He earned his Bachelor and Masters Degrees in Instrumental Music Education and Secondary Counseling at South Carolina State University in Orangeburg and a Masters Degree in Jazz Education from VanderCook College of Music in Chicago, Illinois.
Professor Johnson is currently the Assistant Director of Bands at Savannah State University in Savannah, Georgia.
Professor Johnson has performed with the late “DIZZY” Gillespie (his musical idol) The Temptations, Fred Wesley and the New JB’s (currently),The Hawkins Family, Marvin Sapp and many other artists.
The scripture that has kept Professor Johnson grounded is Colossians 3:23, 24 “ Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.”
His life’s motto is “LIFE IS GRAND”!!!