Stephen P. Johnson is the founding dean of the College of the Arts at Azusa Pacific University. Before joining Azusa Pacific, he served as associate professor of theory and composition and dean of the School of Church Music at Southwestern Seminary. As a composer, his repertory includes various solo, chamber ensemble, large ensemble, and choral/orchestral performing forces that have been performed in recitals, concert halls, and music festivals from Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center to 20th Century Fox Studios. Johnson studied composition with Edwin T. Childs, George Flynn, Kurt Westerberg, Frederick Lesemann, Donald Crockett, and James Hopkins.