JACOB A. JOHNSON
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts in Music (Guitar Performance) Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, TX 2025
Masterclasses with: Susana Prieto, Xuefei Yang, Thibault Cauvin, Valerie Hartzell, Lynn McGrath, Olga Amelkina-Vera, Gustavo Costa, Steve Gottlieb, Francisco Cuenca, Karoline Laier, Joaquin Clerch, Adam Holzman, Enrique Munoz, Jonathan Dotson, Isaac Bustos, Joe Williams II, Alejandro Montiel, Hopkinson Smith, Fabio Montomoli, Chad Ibison, Stephen Lochbaum, Jorge Caballero, Jérémy Jouve, Celino and Lito Romero, Michael Craddock, Jakob Lindberg, Ronn McFarlane, Paul O'Dette, Robert Barto, and Sylvain Bergeron.
PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
Lute Soloist—Concert Tour 2017: Performed independently organized concerts in Buena Vista, Salida, and Denver, CO as well as for the Utah Guitar Society, the Sacramento Guitar Society, and the Lute Society of America.
On-Air performance/interview 2018 @ High Plains Public Radio
Featured Performer at 2021 and 2022 Deep Ellum Art Festival
Accompanied Tamar Ilana as lutenist and guitarist with Orchestra of New Spain for Convivencia! 2021
RECORDINGS:
Singles:
singularity (5-1-2023)
nox (6-7-2023)
Albums:
the ghosts of dawn (6-21-2023)
AFFILIATIONS
Dallas Fort Worth Professional Musicians Association - Local 72-147 American Federation of Musicians
HONORS AND AWARDS
Attained the rank of Eagle Scout in BSA, 2003
GDYO Wind Symphony Concerto Competition Winner, 2004 (Arutunian Trumpet Concerto)
Winner of the 9th Annual Collin College Guitar Competition, 2015
Lute Society of America Scholarship Recipient 2017
Greater Denton Arts Council Artist Microgrant Recipient, 2022
FWB Denton Arts Grant Recipient, 2022
Michael Dailey Guitar Student Award, 2024
Greater Denton Arts Council Artist Microgrant Recipient, 2025
References available upon request.
