Kathy Johnson

Kathy Johnson began her violin studies with her mother at the age of four. After studying with various other teachers including Michael Davis at Ohio State, she went on to receive a Bachelor of Music Degree in Violin Performance from Baldwin-Wallace College, near Cleveland, Ohio. Receiving a full scholarship, she then attended Northwestern University to receive a Master in Music, studying with Blair Milton of the Chicago Symphony. She worked with many well know conductors in the Chicago Civic Orchestra, including Daniel Barenboim and Sir Georg Solti.

Kathy has been in the Dallas area for 30 years and currently plays with the Wichita Falls Symphony Orchestra. She is an associate musician with the Dallas Opera Orchestra and subs in the East Texas and Lewisville Symphonies. She also coaches the Dallas String Ensemble and Sinfonietta of the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra. Having been teaching since high school, Kathy teaches violin lessons out of her home in McKinney, Texas. Her teaching experience comes from teaching in her mother’s studio, teaching the Preparatory Department at BW College, her teaching assistantship at Northwestern, and teaching at the Dallas Suzuki Academy from 1997-2017.

Music is everywhere in her family. Both of her parents were musicians, her husband is a band director, her oldest daughter is an orchestra director, and her youngest daughter is pursuing a degree in music!