Makenzi Johnson
Hello!
My name is Makenzi Johnson. I am currently Co-Director of Bands at Garden City Community College, where I teach marching and concert band, jazz band, woodwind choir, brass choir, percussion ensemble, and woodwind lessons.
I have undergraduate degrees in Music Education and Music Composition, and a Masters degree in Music Composition, from Fort Hays State University in Hays, KS. Composition teachers include Dr. Timothy Crowley, Dr. Linda Antas, Dr. Tim Rolls, and the late Dr. Jeff Jordan.
I have been teaching since 2011. From to 2011 to 2021, I taught in the public schools in Kansas, from the smallest of the 1A's to one of the largest 6A's in Kansas. In 2021, I started teaching at Garden City Community College and throughout all of my teaching career, I have been arranging and writing original music in addition to teaching full time.
My specialty in arranging is in marching and pep band music; both for small schools with limited instrumentation and musical knowledge, to more difficult arrangements for college and upper level musical knowledge. I like to keep original music close to the original, but I also make the music teachable, fit the current instrumentation, and add my own voice to my arrangements.
Thanks for looking at my page! Please tell your friends who might need fresh arrangements for pep band, or if you're looking for original band music, feel free to check them out here or view my pieces on MyScore through JWPepper as well!
Open to commissions for originals and arrangements! If interested, please email makenzi.johnson@gcccks.edu
Makenzi currently lives in Garden City, KS where she gets to co-direct bands with her husband Christopher-Micheal Johnson, and is mom to three beautiful dogs. Claire-Annette, Layla, and WeGo.
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