Current Faculty Appointments
Horn Faculty, Rice University, Shepherd School of Music, 2024-2025
Affiliate Artist in Horn, University of Houston, Moores School of Music, 2013- Present
Guest Artist, Atlantic Music Festival, Summer, 2022-Present
Faculty, Texas Music Festival, 2013- Present
Principal Horn and Faculty, Brevard Music Center, 2024
Student Successes
Professional Auditions Won
Baton Rouge Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Canton (OH) Symphony, Florida Orchestra, Hawaii Symphony, Houston Ballet Orchestra, Israel Chamber Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra both 2nd and 4th, New World Symphony, Orquesta Filharmonica de Boca del Rio, Round Rock Symphony (TX), Springfield (OH) Symphony, United States Air Force Band of Middle America, United States Army Band, United States Army Band Pershing’s Own, United States Marine Band President's Own (Video Recording Engineer), and United States Marine Corps Fleet Band.
Faculty Positions awarded include Lecturer in Horn at University of Hawaii-Manoa, Adjunct Professor University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music and Miami University of Ohio.
Professional Playing Engagements
Annapolis Symphony, Baton Rouge Symphony, Beaumont Symphony (TX), Berkeley Symphony, Boise Philharmonic, Cincinnati Symphony, City Music Cleveland, Dayton Philharmonic, Florida Orchestra, Fresno Philharmonic, Houston Ballet Orchestra, Houston Grand Opera, Houston Symphony, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Oakland Symphony, Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh Symphony, Mobile Symphony, Modesto Symphony, North Carolina Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Springfield (OH) Symphony, West Virginia Symphony, and Woodlands Symphony (TX).
Summer Festivals, Competitions, and Awards
Audition Mode Low Horn Mock Audition Winner, Banff Centre for the Arts, Boston University’s Tanglewood Institute, Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Orchestra of the United States, Juilliard’s Kovner Fellowship Grant, Interlochen Arts Camp and Academy, prize winner in the Siegfried’s Call Engelbert Schmid Horn Competition, University of Texas Horn Day Low Horn, High Horn, and Solo Competition Winner, Yamaha’s Young Performing Artist Program, Fellowship in The Conducting Institute, as well as the Aspen, Brevard, Domaine Forget, Eastern, Hot Springs, Lucerne, Marrowstone, Music in the Mountains, Pacific, Sarasota, Spoleto, and Texas Music Festivals.
College Scholarships Awarded
Full-Scholarship and Majority-Scholarship University acceptances include Boston, Carnegie Mellon, DePaul, Indiana, Louisiana State University, Northwestern, Rice, Roosevelt, Southern California, and all Texas schools. Conservatory acceptances include Colburn, New England, Oberlin, and San Francisco, as well as the University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music, Curtis Institute, Eastman, and Manhattan School of Music, Peabody Institute, and The Juilliard School.
Previous Students
Star former UH student Sarah Yarbrough won 4th Horn in the Springfield Symphony (OH) and freelances in the Cincinnati Area with performances in the Dayton Philharmonic and West Virginia Symphony. Way to go, Sarah!!!
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Robert Johnson is dedicated to providing equitable access to excellence in horn educational opportunities to those in our community who need it most. Being a grateful beneficiary of world-class teaching himself, Mr. Johnson believes that it is his responsibility to facilitate and share with all students the necessary knowledge and opportunity in order to help ensure the collective success of all young horn talents.
BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) and low-income communities continue to be underrepresented in many major disciplines, including horn performance, and Mr. Johnson seeks to correct this. Through his positions of influence at the Houston Symphony, the University of Houston, and his online teaching presence, he is uniquely positioned to address access barriers to all students who seek achievement on the horn.
Since 2012, Mr. Johnson has operated two distinct avenues through which he serves the in-need community. First, a private teaching program designed to identify dedicated students at all levels who face structural inequities that create barriers to quality horn education and to support them with the resources of his time and expertise for as long as they wish to study. Second, an instrument-placement program whereby horn instrument rentals, low-cost purchases, mouthpieces, sheet music, and other necessary supplies are provided to students in need. By providing the highest level of teaching instruction starting at beginning band years and extending through professional studies, he offers in-need students and families an unparalleled horn education and performance curriculum.
Responding to both the in-person limitations imposed and virtual opportunities presented by COVID-19, Mr. Johnson has adapted to provide online private lessons, masterclasses, fundamentals classes, and coachings.
For further information, please text Mr. Johnson directly at 713-446-8365.
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