Johnson has also been an active member and contributor to the Research Seminar of the International Society for Music Education and World Alliance for Arts Education. He has published articles in many journals including the Journal of Research in Music Education, the International Journal of Music Education, the Journal of Music Therapy, Journal of Band Research, Contributions to Music Education, and the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, among others. Johnson’s research interests include applied research in music education, and basic research in all aspects of the psychology of music. Johnson also served as the Chair for the Research Commission of the International Society for Music Education. He also served on the editorial board of the Journal of Research in Music Education, and one earlier term as the Chair for the MENC Executive Committee of the Society for Research in Music Education. He is currently serving his second term on the National Association for Music Educations Executive Committee of the Society for Research in Music Education. Johnson served two terms as the editor of the International Journal of Music Education: Research, the research publication of the International Society for Music Education. Since his arrival at The University of Kansas, Johnson has taught courses in Instrumental Conducting, Teaching Instrumental Music, Managing Behaviors in the Music Environment, Psychology and Acoustics of Music, and Research Methods in Music Education and Music Therapy. Johnson, Professor of Music Education and Music Therapy, is currently the Chair of the Music Education and Music Therapy Department and Director of the Music Research Institute at the University of Kansas. He resides in Lancaster with his wife Margaret, and three children, Elizabeth, Michael, and Amanda.Christopher M.
In 2020, Richard was named favorite jazz trumpeter in the 6 th Annual JazzBuffalo Poll. In 2007, Richard was selected to receive the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra/ECMEA Award for Excellence in Music Education. He has studied trumpet with Richard Jorgensen and David Kuehn, and composition with Jared Spears.
Goss performs with the Niagara Frontier Brass, Easy Street Big Band, and is a past president of the Erie County Wind Ensemble. Goss currently serves as the Region 1 Representative for NYSBDA. In 2001, Lancaster High School was named a Grammy Signature School. Under his leadership, Lancaster was twice named (2001, 2011) as one of the 'Top Communities in America for Music Education’ by the National Association of Music Merchants. He served as Chairman of the Lancaster Central Schools Music Department from 2000-2011. Pascucci Memorial Band Shell, a facility dedicated in 2010.
Goss has been music director for the Lancaster Town Band since 1997 and played a key role in the construction of the Richard E. In 2018, The LHS Symphonic Band was also selected to perform at the Association of Concert Bands (ACB) 40 th Annual Convention, held in Buffalo, NY. In 2004, The LHS Symphonic Band was selected to perform at the 69 th Annual NYSSMA Winter Conference in Rochester, NY. The LHS Symphonic Band, under his direction, has presented concert/clinics (1999, 2006, 2020) at the New York State Band Directors Association (NYSBDA) Symposium in Syracuse, NY.
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He established a prestigious Guest Artist Series to bring talented professional musicians and conductors to lecture and perform with the LHS Bands. His bands have received numerous Gold and Gold with Distinction awards at NYSSMA Major Organization Festivals. Goss is currently in his twenty-seventh year at Lancaster High School where he conducts the Symphonic Band, Concert Band, Jazz Ensemble, and leads the 2011 & 2013 NYSFBC LS2 Division State Champion Marching Legends. He taught at Holland Central Schools for five years, and his Holland High School Concert Band was selected to perform at the 1993 Eastern Division Conference of NAfME. Goss has completed additional studies at Tanglewood, Interlochen and at the University at Buffalo. Goss received his Bachelors Degree in music education and Master’s Degree in trumpet performance from Arkansas State University.