FACULTY AND STAFF
Performing Arts
H. Wade Johnson, Adjunct Instructor
Director of Bands
110 Ware Center
Extension 7558
hwjohnson@lincoln.edu |
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Education
2001 Vander Cook College of Music, Chicago, IL
Masters of Education Music (Jazz)
1990-1993 University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Music Education
24 Hours above Masters
1989 South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC
Masters of Education Secondary Counseling
1979 South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC
Bachelor of Science Instrumental Music
Professional College and University Experience
- Delaware State University Dover, DE
2004-2006 University Director of Bands Assistant Professor
- Performing Jazz Tours Europe
1997-2002 South Carolina State University Orangeburg, SC
- Assistant Professor and Director of Jazz
1990-1997 Livingstone College Salisbury, NC
Director of Bands
1987-1997 Claflin College (Upward Bound Program) Orangeburg, SC
Fine Arts Department (Band) Summer
Director of Bands
Responsibilities and Courses being taught at Lincoln University:
Director, University Marching Band
Director, Pep Band
Intro to Music
Instrumental Conducting
Applied Brass
Applied Woodwind
Concert Band Class
Jazz Ensemble
Professional Highlights
Professor Johnson has performed and still performs professionally with numerous musicians from a diverse group of genres: Lou Rawls, the Temptations, The Spinners, Frank Foster (Conductor and Lead Saxophonist of the Count Basie Orchestra), “Dizzy” Gillespie, Joe Sample (Keyboardist for “The Jazz Crusaders”) and Fred Wesley (formerly of the James Brown Review), Eric Robeson, Thomas A. Dorsey, Marvin Sapp, Dorenda Clark Cole.
Selected Professional Recordings:
2010 H. Wade Johnson CD “Trumpeter for CHRIST”
Conductor, Featured Trumpet)
2007 “USSENSE” Featuring H. Wade Johnson, LIVE at Sabang
1992 Salisbury Symphony Orchestra (Featured Trumpet)
1980 Walter Piper Singers (Conductor, Trumpet, Percussion)
1977 New Born Joy Musical Group (Trumpet, Vocal)
Professional Memberships: Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity Inc.,
Phi Kappa Lambda Music Honor Society, Music Educators National Conference (MENC),
Delaware Music Educators Association (DMEA), National Band Directors Association, Pennsylvania Band Directors Association, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. Prince Hall Free and Accepted Masons (Edisto Lodge #39).
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