Lyndia Johnson

Style: Pop; Gospel; Rock; Musical Theatre

Title: Associate Professor of Pop Voice/Chair of Popular Voice - USC Thornton

Bio: Lyndia Johnson, known in the Music Industry and singers as “MzLyndia” is not your average vocal coach. From touring with artists to collaborating with producers, MzLyndia has spotlighted the need for vocal artist development in the music industry for 25 years. Her celebrated abilities as a vocal coach and in artist development are highly respected; she has served on the Board of Governors for the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences is a vocal consultant and clinician for MusiCares and was one of the original architects of Grammy Camp. And has served as a vocal producer for a host of Pop and R&B recording artists. MzLyndia holds both Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Voice and is certified in Vocal Anatomy and Physiology, Vocal Acoustics, and Comparative Vocal Pedagogy. Her expertise in developing the Contemporary Pop/R&B Vocal Style is a unique combination of years of operatic study (MzLyndia was a well-established opera singer and a student of the legendary Margaret Harshaw before becoming a vocal coach) but it was Gospel and R&B Music that supported and re-enforced the development of her operatic voice; influenced by the voices of Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald, and Mahalia Jackson, she brings to her expertise the best of both worlds; an avid vocal scientist which informs her contemporary musical instructional style and is highly sought after among Pop, R&B, Gospel, Musical Theater and artists that desire to brand and transform their voice in addition to Opera Singers who are “crossing-over” from Opera to Popular singing styles. Over a 25-year Vocal Coaching Career, MzLyndia’s artists have earned Grammy, Tony, BET, and American Music Awards. MzLyndia’s artists can be heard around the world in Pop, KPop, R&B, Gospel and Musical Theater. MzLyndia has lectured on the voice for the Pacific Voice/Speech Foundation at UCLA, the University of Illinois Chicago Hospital of Voice/Speech Therapy, the National Association of Teachers of Singing, and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and has facilitated countless Pop Voice and Artist Development clinics around the world. MzLyndia is a contributing editor for the upcoming Oxford Dictionary of Contemporary Music; and in 2018, MzLyndia was invited to serve as Associate Professor of Practice in Pop Voice and is currently Chair of the renown Popular Music Program at the University of Southern California. MzLyndia is the first African American Professor of Voice engaged by the Thornton School of Music.

Voice Type: Not Applicable

Music Styles Taught: Pop; Gospel; Rock; Musical Theatre

Availability: I am currently accepting private students; I am available as a clinician or presenter; I offer lessons in a group environment; I accept students through a college or university program

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