Johnny Fuller was born in Dallas, Texas in 1975. He began studying piano at the age of seven and worked primarily under the careful instruction of Dr. Thelma Franklin Merrick. His collegiate studies in piano performance took place with Sue Mitz. He studied under such illustrious conductors as Dr. Stephen Holcomb, Dr. David Keith, Anshel Brusilow and Donald Neuen.
Johnny played percussion at First Baptist Church of Dallas from 1990 to 1998 and served as their orchestra intern from 1996 to 1998. He served as percussionist, orchestral arranger and student conductor from 1998 to 2003 and orchestra conductor from 2003 to 2006 at Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas, where he is now Associate Minister of Music. Since 2006 he has also served as Orchestra Conductor at First Baptist Church of Garland. Johnny has worked with the Lone Star Youth Orchestra, the Dallas Asian American Youth Orchestra and the Allen Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and has conducted at the Charles W. Eisemann Center and twice at the world-renowned Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center. He has served as a conducting clinician in Brazil. His article, "When You Don't Have A Clarinet?," was published in The Chorister in August of 2001.
Johnny earned a Bachelor of Church Music with a concentration in theory and composition from Dallas Baptist University in 1999, where he received a Music Honor Award and Music Recognition Award. He completed a Masters in Orchestral Conducting from University of North Texas in 2006. Johnny and his wife, Heather, a cellist, have 2 daughters, Hannah, age 4, and Ally (who went to be with our Lord on her 8 month birthday), and a 1 year old son, Isaac. They are expecting a baby in May of 2010. The Fullers reside in Allen, Texas.
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