Orin Johnson:

award-winning composer and author; accomplished pianist, organist, singer, conductor, music director, liturgist, speaker, graphic designer, and much more!

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“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:   ♫

04/08/24 — My alma mater, Aquinas Institute of Theology, has chosen to honor the Music Ministry of St. Margaret of Scotland (where I am Director of Music and Liturgy) with one of their prestigious Great Preacher Awards later this year.
 
03/27/24 — I was interviewed for an article, “On Music & Art as Prayer,” for the March, 2024 issue of The Aquinas Way, the alumni magazine of Aquinas Institute of Theology. View the whole issue online here, or a PDF of it here.
 
01/24/24 — A total of 179 simple daily mass psalm settings are now available via Simply Liturgical Music!
 
09/10/23 — Look for my article, “The Relationship Between Music and Preaching: Incarnate in Word and Song” in the December 2023 – February 2024 Issue of GIA Quarterly!
 
08/04/23 — Living Liturgy 2024 (from LitPress), a sourcebook project to which I contributed faith sharing prompts, is now available!
 
08/01/23 — Sing Well, Pray Twice, my contribution to Liguori’s “Catholic Update” series is now available!
 
06/09/23 — Living Liturgy for Lectors 2023 (from LitPress), a project I co-authored, was awarded an honorable mention in the 2023 Catholic Media Book Awards in the liturgy category.
 
05/19/23 — My latest publications from GIA, “Like a Deer (Psalm 42)” and “Lord, It is Good (Psalm 92)” are now available!
 
05/03/23 — My first publication from ECS / Galaxy, “Oseh Shalom” is now available!
 
04/21/23 — My latest publication from OCP, “The Word Became Flesh” is now available!
 
04/14/23 — My composition “True Presence Now Among Us” was named winner of the 2023 Archdiocese of Detroit Hymn and Song Composition Contest in Support of the National Eucharistic Revival. Click here for a preview of the tune and text, soon to be published by OCP.