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OUR COMPOSERS
Ralph M. Johnson
Ralph M. Johnson is a composer and church musician living and working in the Twin Cities. He began composing music at age 14 under the guidance of his church choir director, Ronald A. Nelson, a leading Lutheran church musician and composer best known for his setting of the Holy Communion liturgy (Setting Four in Evangelical Lutheran Worship). The training and encouragement Ralph received in his youth — including many opportunities to hear his music sung in worship by the church’s choirs — led to further studies in composition at St. Olaf College (with Arthur Campbell) and the University of Minnesota (with Paul Fetler and Dominick Argento), and to a life that mixes worship leading and composing in almost equal measure. |