Douglas Johnson Music Douglas Johnson Chicago After a couple of hapless years playing the piano and violin, Douglas Johnson switched to the double bass and went on to earn a bachelors’ degree in music performance from Northwestern University . During his college years, Doug was a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Institute and the Bach Aria Festival. Upon graduation, he became Associate Principal Bass with the Honolulu Symphony and, after one season, returned to Chicago where he continued performing and started composing and improvising. He has performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the symphonies of Milwaukee and Elgin, as well as the Lyric Opera of Chicago and Ars Viva, and is active in contemporary chamber music, having performed with the C.U.B.E. Ensemble, Fulcrum Point, Access Contemporary Music, the Contemporary Chamber Players, the Chicago Chamber Musicians and dal niente. Doug is also principal bass of the Chicago Composers Orchestra. As a composer and improviser, he has written music for the River North Chicago Dance Company and the Dutch National Ballet Project, and a 15-minute soundtrack for a Quay Brothers silent film (not sponsored by said brothers) scored for violin, viola, clarinet, horn, piano and percussion. Doug also completed and, as the soloist, premiered the middle movement of the Concerto for Double Bass in D minor, which is 1/3 completed. He has written string arrangements for a number of recording projects, most recently for the singer Maddy Meyer. Doug's first solo album, Clevinjourneys, was released in March, 2012. http://douglasjohnsonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/clevinjourneys He is also the bandleader of the progressive improvisational group, http://soundcloud.com/Gunnelpumpers Douglas Johnson Music’s tracks Susurrance by Douglas Johnson Music published on 2020-06-25T13:07:52Z 17 - Reverie by Douglas Johnson Music published on 2019-03-28T03:55:55Z 21 - Arioso (from Cantata BWV 156 - Adagio) by Douglas Johnson Music published on 2019-03-28T00:41:09Z Fabula Rasa (GB) by Douglas Johnson Music published on 2018-09-03T17:55:57Z Flying by Douglas Johnson Music published on 2012-03-10T15:31:54Z Turtlesong by Douglas Johnson Music published on 2012-03-10T13:07:43Z Solace by Douglas Johnson Music published on 2012-03-08T04:46:29Z Riverleaf by Douglas Johnson Music published on 2012-03-06T05:03:48Z Anemone by Douglas Johnson Music published on 2012-03-05T05:28:38Z Sunspots by Douglas Johnson Music published on 2012-03-05T02:55:31Z
21 - Arioso (from Cantata BWV 156 - Adagio) by Douglas Johnson Music published on 2019-03-28T00:41:09Z