Evan Johnson (6)

Violinist Evan Johnson, like many musicians, has lived a kaleidoscopic career. As a period-violin specialist, he won awards and acclaim for performances and recordings. He toured with a baroque trio-sonata group and a classical string quartet. As a New York City freelancer, he played everywhere from Carnegie Hall to the Coney Island Bandshell, while also logging countless weddings, funerals, parties, jingles, albums, and movie soundtracks. He taught students of all ages, levels, talents, and motivations; he coached small ensembles and directed large ones. He wrote articles for music magazines on rhythm, vibrato, and following a conductor. As the orchestra manager for a long-running Broadway show, he enjoyed promoting the tiny personal accommodations, communications, and gestures that keep people in a tight space sane—and even happy.