James Massie Johnson, founding faculty member at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) died July 22, 2012.



Massie Johnson was the Winston-Salem Symphony's principal timpanist from 1966–2006 and a founding faculty member at UNCSA.



Prior to his movingto Winston-Salem, he was principal timpanist of the St. Louis Symphony (1960–65) and the Birmingham (now Alabama) Symphony Orchestra in the 1950s.



Massie Johnson was also a long-time faculty member at the Brevard Music Center.