
Orin Johnson:
❖ award-winning and published composer and author ❖ accomplished pianist, organist, singer, conductor, and music director ❖ talented public speaker and liturgist ❖ and much more!
“Versatility is a necessity for
any serious composer, and this
current work embodies that point.”
— WLP Publications, on
“The Lord Is My Shepherd”
♫ New and Notable: ♫
❖ 12/18/25 — My piece with my own original text, “Stay, My Love,” is the Open Choral Winner of the 2026 Missouri Composers Project (MOCOP) competition, and will be performed in concert on March 8, 2026.
❖ 11/06/25 — My latest publication with Choristers Guild, Make Us Faithful Servants, is now available!
❖ 09/30/25 — Two new choral arrangements, “The Times They Are A-Changin'” and “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” are now available via SMP and SMD; please visit my Self Publications page for more info.
❖ 09/18/25 — A total of 187 settings (9 added in 2025) of responsorial psalms by me now available for purchase or via subscription at Simply Liturgical Music.
❖ 07/30/25 — I’ve been included on the Aquinas Institute of Theology “100 Alumni, 100 Years” list, in celebration of their centennial year.
❖ 07/23/25 — My latest publication with OCP, “Easter Alleluia (Psalm 118)” is now available!
❖ 05/14/25 — My latest publication with Choristers Guild, Christ Enthroned in Light, is now available!
❖ 04/11/25 — A feature article on daily Masses and progressive solemnity appeared in the April, 2025 issue of NPM’s “Pastoral Music” journal. View a preview version of the article here.
❖ 01/01/25 — My book “Incarnate in Word and Song” was reviewed by the journal Worship: “The author provides a challenging and accessible freshness to the principles that define liturgical preaching and liturgical music.” See a preview of the whole review here.