richard johnson, composer for concert hall and multimedia Richard's composition experience encompasses works for live performance and electronic media. With the desire to branch out into the realm of multimedia, he is seeking work in composition for independent games, a genre that would ideally incorporate his visual style of audio composition. In chamber settings, Richard focuses on a meditative style of music... a sound world embued with organic rhythmic, melodic and harmonic elements, influenced by the natural world as well as visual and literary arts.

news 4/12/08- KCEMA event, including performance of water meditation on Etenraku by Timothy Eshing on viola, at the Downtown Neon Art Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, 8 pm. A live recording of the performance is available here. 2/28/08- Richard's premiere performance of Electroacoustic Landscape No. 2 - "Brushed blossoms" at University of Missouri, Kansas City. 2/8/08- KCEMA event, including a prerecorded realization of Electroacoustic Landscape No. 2 - "Brushed blossoms" at the Paragraph Gallery in Kansas City, Missouri. news archive

multimedia/gaming	presents samples of the composer's works for games and multimedia.
the concert hall	is devoted to pieces which have been composed for soloists or other small ensembles, including works for Solo Piano. Contact the composer if interested in acquiring any of these pieces.
electronic music	presents electronic music -both prefabricated and interactive- for consumption in the concert hall or any where else the listener desires.
the classroom	lists commissions that Richard has taken part in for young musicians, particularly in a school setting. These pieces are available for performance following the premiere performances by the commissioning ensembles.
the composer	serves as the biographical section.
news archive	contains previous news... archived!
links	can take you to the sites of other composers, teachers, collaborators, or whatever else Richard might want to post.