Holdings Alumni Association Alumni Carlyle Johnson Sound Recor... Finding Aid Title: Carlyle Johnson Sound Recording Collection, 1938-1947
ID: 26/20/359
Primary Creator: Johnson, Carlyle (1939-)
Other Creators: Wings Over Jordan Choir (1935-1978)
Extent: 0.15 cubic feet. More info below.
Arrangement: Materials are arranged in a single series: Series 1) Sound Recording Collection. This is further arranged into two sub-series: sub-series 1) 10" Discs and sub-series 2) Digitized Sound Recordings.
Date Acquired: 10/14/2025
Subjects: Black Chorus, Black History, Choral music, Goldman, Edwin Franko, Gospel Music, Marches, Music, Sousa, John Philip
Formats/Genres: Sound Recordings
Languages: English
Consists of historical sound recordings of Goldman Band performances of Sousa Marches and digital copies of a program booklet and sound recordings of performances of the Wings Over Jordan music ensemble that Carlyle Johnson attended in 1943.
Carlyle Wardell Johnson (1939- ) is a music educator and clarinetist. Born and raised in Quincy, IL. While he was in middle school he played in Quincy Middle School Band under Dan Perrino, who would eventually persuade him to come to the University of Illinois. Johnson enrolled in the Illinois Summer Youth Music Program, studying tenor saxophone and clarinet. In 1957, Johnson enrolled as a music education major at the University of Illinois. He played 1st clarinet, eventually serving as first chair within the section, with the Concert Band directed by Mark Hindsley. Johnson also performed with the Marching Illini for all four years and was a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. He received his bachelor’s degree in 1961 and completed his master’s degree, also at Illinois, the following year.
After graduating, Johnson taught instrumental music in Flint, Michigan. With a growing family, he and his wife, Judith, decided to move back to Champaign to raise their children. In 1969, he began teaching at Eastern Illinois University Lab School. In 1971, he was hired to teach instrumental music at Franklin Elementary School in the Champaign Public School district. Five years later, he transitioned to Eddison Elementary School, where he would work until his retirement in 1994. During this time, Johnson also taught jazz band and worked with the woodwind instruments during the marching band season at Centennial High School. He also performed alongside his former teacher, Dan Perrino, in Medicare 7, 8, or 9 and with his own group, The New Orleans Jazz Machine. Following his retirement, Johnson began performing bass clarinet with the C-U Symphony and the Danville Symphony Orchestras.
In 2023, he received a Lifetime ACE Award from 40 North “for countless years dedicated to teaching music and entertaining audiences all over Champaign-Urbana and beyond.”
Black Chorus
Black History
Choral music
Goldman, Edwin Franko
Gospel Music
Marches
Music
Sousa, John Philip
Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Alternate Extent Statement: .257 gigabytes
Acquisition Source: Carlyle Johnson
Acquisition Method: Gift
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