Lee Johnson was born in Minnesota in 1961. He grew up taking lessons on piano, cello, and classical guitar and began composing at age 15. Lee joined the US Army Band as a guitarist and lived in Wurzburg, Germany which gave him and his family many wonderful opportunities to see and experience Germany and Europe. Today, Lee Johnson is working as a much requested composer, conductor, performer and producer. He has works that have been performed and recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra, the chart-topping Taliesin Orchestra, the London Session Orchestra, The American Rock Orchestra, The Cyberlin Philharmonia and many others; all under his baton. Lee Johnson has recorded and conducted numerous works at the famed Abbey Road Studios in London. He has composed five symphonies, numerous chamber works, four musicals, two operas, concerti, choral and vocal works, works for ballet, theater, feature and experimental film, and hundreds of works for multimedia and interactive technologies. Johnson is in demand as a guest lecturer for his creative works and is a frequent speaker and clinician at colleges, universities, and fine arts organizations. Lee Johnson has conducted and recorded with world class orchestras such as: The Russian National Orchestra, The London Symphony Orchestra, The Taliesin Orchestra, The London Session Orchestra, The American Rock Orchestra, and The Cyberlin Philharmonia, among many others. He is perhaps best known for his Symphony # 6, The Dead Symphony. Johnson has received an Emmy Award, was named Georgia Artist of the Year, has charted on Billboard, has won ASCAP and ADDY Awards and was formerly the full-time Callaway Professor of Music Chair at LaGrange College. He is currently the director of Composition and Technology at Auburn University.
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