Aubrey Johnson

Vocalist
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Aubrey Johnson is a New York-based vocalist, composer, arranger, and educator, specializing in jazz, contemporary, and Brazilian music. Her debut record, Unraveled, featuring her original music and arrangements and produced by Steve Rodby (of the Pat Metheny Group), was released on Outside In Music in 2020. Play Favorites, her duo album with the pianist Randy Ingram was released on Sunnyside Records in 2022. Among the 50 albums Aubrey has appeared on as a sideperson are Bobby McFerrin’s 2010 Grammy-nominated release, VOCAbuLaries, Arturo O'Farrill's 2020 Grammy Award-winning album Four Questions, and Lyle Mays’ 2021 Grammy Award-winning Eberhard (on which she also served as executive producer). Her performing and teaching has taken her throughout the US and Canada and to Central and South America, Europe, and Asia. Her vocal arrangements have been performed by top level collegiate vocal jazz ensembles and have been published through Anchor Music.  In 2023, Aubrey was awarded a grant from Chamber Music America to work with mentor Billy Childs and record a new album with her band, as well as a month-long composition fellowship at the prestigious MacDowell Artist Residency. In 2024, Aubrey was awarded a composition commission (and accompanying concert) from the Portola Vineyards Summer Series, and a Jazz Road Grant from South Arts.  Aubrey holds faculty positions in the jazz departments at Montclair State University and Queens College, and previously taught in the voice department at Berklee College of Music and the jazz department at the New England Conservatory.