Daniel Johnson, lyric baritone, D.M.A., completed his Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Utah (2018), where he studied vocal performance and vocology.  Dr. Johnson, professional vocalist, vocal pedagogue and coach, has taught privately and at the collegiate level for over fifteen years. In 2017, he became a certified vocologist through the National Center for Voice and Speech's Summer Vocology Institute.  An experienced music theory and aural skills trainer, Daniel joined the voice faculty at Blinn College in January 2019 and currently assists with the choral, opera, and music theory programs and has experience teaching class piano.. He maintains a thriving private voice studio, both at the college and independently.

 Dr. Johnson has conducted choirs at the collegiate level for over fifteen years and currently is the Assistant Choir Director at Blinn College. Dr. Johnson conducts the choirs and plays organ at St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. In addition, he is the organist for the Brenham Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints choir.

 Well-known for his concert work, he has performed with the University’s Baroque Student Music Group,  with whom he presented the Utah première of Die Andere Kaffeekantate composed by a contemporary of  J. S. Bach. A passionate song recitalist, and operatic vocalist, Dr. Johnson most recently has presented programs such as An Evening of Mahler, An Exchange Across the Pond featuring works by Finzi, Vaughan Williams, Musto, and Heggie.   He has performed Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs with Blinn College’s combined choirs and chamber musicians and A Lincoln Portrait with the Blinn College Wind Ensemble.  Most recently, he performed a concert of Masterworks from the Italian and French Baroque with soprano Adele Johnson and Blinn College instrumental faculty in 2023.

 Dr. Johnson performed several operatic roles with the University of Utah’s Lyric Opera Ensemble, including Ebenezer Scrooge in the 2016 world première of Michael Leavitt’s A Christmas Carol, with a reprise in the 2017 season.  He most recently performed Sam from Trouble in Tahiti and The Wolf from Little Red Riding Hood with Blinn College Opera Workshop and Papageno and Dr. Pangloss in the Fall 2023 Opera Scenes Showcase.

 In his 2018 capstone recital, Dr. Johnson collaborated with the University of Utah’s, Opera Workshop, to present a chronological and historical examination of Leonard Bernstein’s compositions and his effect on American culture.  Dr. Johnson’s dissertation specifically examines the unique influence on American music and culture in the modern opera, Trouble in Tahiti: Bernstein’s American Opera.  This capstone concert and opera production was reprised with Blinn College Choirs and Opera in February 2023 with mezzo-soprano Mandi Barrus.

 Daniel Johnson currently resides in Brenham, Texas, with his wife, Adele, and their four sons. At BMA, Dr. Johnson teaches classical voice, music theory/ear training, piano and organ.