Christopher Johnson

Christopher Johnson is a music education and music composition major who plays the baritone, tuba, trombone, and sitar. An active part of the musical community, he has performed with many musical ensembles at Fort Hays State University, including the Marching Band, Symphonic Winds, Wind Ensemble, Trombone Quartet, Low Brass Choir, Brass Choir, Tuba Euphonium Choir, Concert Choir, Fort Hays Singers, and FHSU Opera, as well as the United Methodist Chancel Choir, United Methodist Bell Choir, the North Oak Worship Orchestra, and the Hays Symphony Orchestra.

In addition to his many commitments, Christopher has found time to serve as a counselor for the High Plains Band Camp and the Hays Children's Music Camp. To expand his understanding of world music, Christopher traveled to Kathmandu, Nepal where he learned to play the sitar and studied Indian music. In 2007, he also went to Taiwan to perform with the Fort Hays Singers.

Several of Christopher's original musical compositions have been performed in Hays, and one was selected for performance at the Kansas Music Educators Association Competition in Wichita.