Aubrey Johnson
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- New York, NY
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Aubrey Johnson is a New York-based vocalist, composer, and educator. Her debut record, Unraveled, featuring her original music and arrangements and produced by Steve Rodby (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 Grammy-nominated release, VOCAbuLaries, Arturo O’Farrill’s Grammy Award-winning album Four Questions, and Lyle Mays’ Grammy Award-winning Eberhard.
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. She was also awarded the South Arts Jazz Road grant, allowing her to take her six-piece band on tour. Aubrey’s teaching and performing has taken throughout the US, Canada, Europe, Central and South America, and Asia.
Aubrey holds faculty positions at Montclair State University, The New School, and Queens College.