Victoria Johnson
Piano Pedagogy
Victoria
Johnson (Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Piano Pedagogy) teaches
piano pedagogy and applied piano and supervises the group piano program
and the Music Academy (LSU's preparatory division). Johnson earned the
Bachelor of Arts in Music and German from Luther College. She earned the
Master of Music in piano performance from Bowling Green State University
and completed additional studies at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität,
Münster, Germany. Johnson recently completed the Doctor of Philosophy
in music education with an emphasis in piano pedagogy at the University
of Oklahoma. She served as OU's Interim Coordinator of Group Piano and
Undergraduate Pedagogy during the 2000-2001 academic year and received
one of three campus-wide Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards.
Johnson has written articles for Keyboard Companion, Alfred's Piano Rendezvous and Piano Pedagogy Forum (a web-based periodical), and has presented at the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, the Louisiana Music Teachers Association State Convention, the University of Oklahoma Seminar for Piano Teachers, the Luther College Dorian Keyboard Festival, and numerous local music teacher meetings. She is a member of the Adult Learning Committee of the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, the Music Teachers National Association, and Pi Kappa Lambda. Her pedagogy teachers have been Dr. Jane Magrath, Dr. Reid Alexander, Dr. Barbara Fast, Anna Belle Bognar, Virginia Marks, and Dr. Cathy Albergo. Johnson's former faculty appointments include four years as Alumni Lecturer in Music at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, as well as positions teaching group and private piano for children at the Harper Music Academy and North Central College Piano Academy in suburban Chicago.
Victoria Johnson, Assistant Professor
School of Music
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803-2504
Voice: 225/578-3261
Fax: 225/578-2562
E-mail: vjohns7@lsu.edu
