GEOFFREY JOHNSON, OBOE & ENGLISH HORN
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Welcome Students, Parents & Patrons!

Oboist with Detroit Symphony Orchestra,  Geoffrey Johnson, is both an oboe and English horn private lessons teacher in Detroit-Metro, Michigan as well as a guest oboist in major orchestras across the country, including playing regularly with Detroit Opera and broadway tours at the Fisher Theatre.  He also joined as faculty at Western Michigan University as adjunct oboe professor for 2022-2023 school year.

In addition to playing on countless recordings with Detroit Symphony Orchestra, he can also be heard  on several movie soundtracks, including second oboe and English horn in Disney's The Lion King movie & soundtrack (2019), 
CREED III (2023), and principal oboe on Spike Lee's film Da Five Bloods (2020)
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Upcoming tours for the season include:
Les Miserables Broadway Tour (Detroit, MI)
Kennedy Center (Washington D.C.)

Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles, CA)

Graduating Senior performs her Senior Solo

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'CREED III' Movie Recording Session

Had fun playing both second oboe and English horn on the CREED III movie & soundtrack

2022 Juneteenth Concert at
​Hollywood Bowl Live on CNN #RecollectiveOrchestra

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2022 Carnegie Hall Tour

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Congrats to Sophia G. (Grosse Pointe North HS)
for making first chair
​Michigan All-state 2022 & 2021


GRADUATING STUDENT OWEN C. (GROSSE POINTE SOUTH HS) ACCEPTED AS AN OBOE PERFORMANCE MAJOR TO:
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN,
MCGILL UNIVERSITY (MONTREAL QC),
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY,
BOWLING GREEN UNIVERSITY,
WESTERN UNIVERSITY (LONDON, ON)

Spike Lee 'da Five Bloods' Movie Recording Session

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Spike Lee, Geoffrey Johnson, principal oboe, sony studios, recording session, movie, studio musician

Disney's 'The Lion King'  ​Movie 2019 Recording Session 

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Just finished recording on the upcoming Disney's 'The Lion King' project which will be released in July 2019
Played second oboe & English horn, with an English horn feature in Can You Feel the Love Tonight
​There are such talented studio musicians out in LA, and a huge honor to work with composer Hans Zimmer on the project!

Detroit Symphony Orchestra Asia Tour

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DSO Asia Tour, Geoffrey, oboe lessons, detroit

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