Christian Stephen Johnson

Doctoral Lecture Recital Elizabeth R. Austin: “The Rose Sonata” for piano and reciter During my undergraduate studies at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, I had the privilege of meeting Elizabeth R. Austin following her guest appearance at the School of Music in 2015. As a dear friend and colleague of Jerome Reed, the Patricia and…

Doctoral Solo Recital 3 Franz Liszt: Sonata in B minor Franz Liszt: “Grey Clouds” Alban Berg: Sonata, Op. 1 With any recital program, I am always looking for an overall theme or story to base mine off of. I’d rather not restrict myself to the ‘sampler plate’ recital, typically including non-related pieces from the Baroque,…

Although I did not compete as a pianist in this incredible competition, I was thrilled to work with Evá Polgár, the Los Angeles International Liszt Competition’s Co-director, to create a showcase for all of the winning pianists and their video entries. I was able to complete this production using HitFilm Express 16, with rendering times…

In the Fall of 2020, I had the privilege of working with Dr. Madeline Rogers to create the first-ever two piano reduction of Victoria Bond’s “Black Light” Piano Concerto. Thanks to the composer, the hard work of creating the reduction was mostly completed. However, a digital format of this reduction had not yet been created,…

For my final project in the Spring semester of 2021, I had the privilege of working with Dr. Paul Barnes to reconstruct Philip Glass’s “Annunciation Piano Quintet” for solo piano. By using the original music, scored for two violins, viola, cello, and piano, Barnes was able to compress the music to be performed by one…