Amanda Johnston

Style: Opera; Classical

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Title: Professor of Music

Bio: Canadian collaborative pianist Amanda Johnston is Professor of Music at the University of Mississippi where she acts as Music Director for the Opera Theatre; teaches courses in advanced diction; and coaches singers at the undergraduate and graduate level. She is also Head of Collaborative Piano at Musiktheater Bavaria. She is author of English and German Diction for Singers: A Comparative Approach, 2nd edition (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016), highly praised in the Journal of Singing for “enlivening the study of diction.” Recordings include Pleas to Famous Fairies with Linda Lister, soprano (Albany Records 2018); Métissage with Adam Estes, saxophone (MSR Classics 2017); and Mahler: Rückert-Lieder with Julia Morgan, mezzo-soprano (MSR Classics 2012). She has held positions at the University of Toronto, Royal Conservatory of Music, York University, Druid City Opera Workshop, Taos Opera Institute, and Lied Austria, and has performed in Hong Kong, Germany, France, Austria, Scotland, Canada, and the USA.

Voice Type: Not Applicable

Music Styles Taught: Opera; Classical

Availability: I am available as a performer; I am available as a clinician or presenter; I accept students through a college or university program

Contact Information

Studio

University of Mississippi
240 Music Building
Oxford, MS
USA 38677

TEL: 662-915-6962
MOBILE: 662-380-0503

E-mail: ajjohnst@olemiss.edu
Web: www.amandajohnston.ca

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