< Previousguished Service Award by the New Hampshire Music Festival for fifty years of service as co-principal trumpet of the Festival Orchestra. Johnson was a graduate of the University of North Texas and the University of Illinois. His teachers included William Scar- lato (Shreveport Symphony), John Haynie (University of North Texas), Haskell Sexton (University of Illinois), Vincent Cichowicz (Chicago Symphony), Armando Ghitalla (Boston Symphony), and Arnold Jacobs (Chicago Symphony). Johnson served as chairman of the Board of Governors for the Emmett Waits Canterbury Foundation at Texas Woman’s University and the University of North Texas and was a mem- ber of the Board of Directors of the Genesis Foundation of the Republic of South Africa. Johnson was a prominent member of and leader in the Inter- national Trumpet Guild and was a featured clinician at ITG Conferences on numerous occasions. He served as a member of the ITG Board of Directors and for eight years was Music Reviews column editor for the ITG Journal. He co-hosted the ITG Conference at the University of North Texas and was selected to receive the ITG Award of Merit for service to the trumpet profession at the ITG Conference in . His family has asked for memorials to be sent to the UNT College of Music Keith Johnson Graduate Trumpet Endow- ment Fund; the New Hampshire Music Festival, PO Box 64, Plymouth, NH 03264; or to St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, 1200 North Elm, Denton, Texas, 76201. (Source: University of North Texas, Cecile Johnson) 108 ITG Journal / January 2021 © 2021 International Trumpet Guild Keith Johnson. Photo credit: University of North Texas College of Music 2021 ITG Conference June 1 – 5, 2021 ITG’s first-ever V IRTUAL C ONFERENCE A celebration of International Trumpet Artistry like you have never experienced before—from the comfort of your own home! Details available soon on the ITG Website! www.trumpetguild.org #ITG2021 Visit the site frequently for updates.© 2021 International Trumpet Guild January 2021 / ITG Journal 113114 ITG Journal / January 2021 © 2021 International Trumpet Guild© 2021 International Trumpet Guild January 2021 / ITG Journal 115116 ITG Journal / January 2021 © 2021 International Trumpet Guild J OURNAL S TATUS ON T WITTER ! You can now follow the progress of each issue of the ITG Journal on the popular (and free!) Twitter service. You can start by going here: http://www.twitter.com/itgjstatus You can choose to Follow this Twitter account (and automatically receive updates as they are posted), or you can simply check into the above address at your conven- ience to monitor progress. As you’ll see, updates are not frequent, but as we hit milestones you can see where we are in the process, and you’ll learn when each issue is mailed so you’ll know it’s on its way!Next >