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Colleen Johnson

Title: Adjunct Instructor of Music Appreciation, Woodwinds (Flute) 

Education:
MM, Northwestern University
BM, The Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Email: Colleen.M.Johnson@LoneStar.edu

Professional:
Colleen Matheu Johnson is the principal piccoloist of the Houston Ballet Orchestra. She is also an adjunct professor of flute and music appreciation at Lone Star College Montgomery. Prior to Ms. Johnson's appointment with the Houston Ballet, she performed with The Kalamazoo Symphony in Michigan as principal piccolo for three consecutive years. She was a member of The Civic Orchestra of Chicago and has performed as a substitute with The Chicago Symphony, The St. Louis Symphony, and The Houston Grand Opera.

Ms. Johnson completed her graduate flute and piccolo performance studies with Walfrid Kujala in June of 2003 at Northwestern University. She received her bachelor of music degree in flute performance from The Oberlin Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of Michel Debost and Kathleen Chastain.

Ms. Johnson has received scholarships from Oberlin College, Northwestern University, among other institutions. She has won prizes in the Musicians Club of Women Annual Music Scholarship Competition, The National Flute Association's Young Artist Piccolo Competition, The Society of American Musicians Competition, The Texas Music Festival's Young Artist Concerto Competition, and received the Park Ridge Civic Orchestra's scholarship as well as the Chicago Federation of Musicians scholarship. In 2005, Ms. Johnson was a semi-finalist in the Jean Pierre Rampal Flute Competition in Paris, France.

Ms. Johnson has attended music festivals such as The Aspen Music Festival, Spoleto USA Music Festival, Music Academy of the West, The Texas Music Festival, The Henry Mancini Institute, Domaine Forget Summer Institute, among others. She has appeared on Chicago's WFMT 98.7FM as a soloist on the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series. Ms. Johnson has performed in masterclasses for such artists as Emmanuel Pahud, Paula Robison, Jeanne Baxtresser, William Bennett, Aralee Dorough, and Mark Sparks.

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