Brooks Johnson performs in Centre College Orchestra concert

2010 Nov 30

Brooks Johnson of Richmond, a freshman at Centre College, performed in the Centre Orchestra fall concert Nov. 19. The concert was held in Newlin Hall in the College's Norton Center for the Arts with conductor Steven Pederson.

Johnson played tuba in a program that included pieces by Mussorgsky, Franck, Brahms, and Rachmaninov.

He is the son of Marilou Grace Johnson of Richmond and is a graduate of Madison Central High School.

Founded in 1819, Centre College is ranked among the U.S. News top 50 national liberal arts colleges. Forbes magazine ranks Centre 24th among all the nation's colleges and universities and No. 1 among all institutions of higher education in the South. Consumers Digest ranks Centre No. 1 in educational value among all U.S. liberal arts colleges. Centre alumni, known for their nation-leading loyalty in annual financial support, include two U.S. vice presidents and two Supreme Court justices.