Emma is excited to be performing Lost Lanes Shadow Groves by James Francis Brown – a beautiful new piece conjuring up light and dark, idyllic and haunting scenes of English countryside. …
Read MoreThat’s Jazz!
In the week when her album of classical and jazz favourites, Clarinet Goes to Town, is released, Emma explores the roots of trad jazz in New Orleans.
Read MoreClarinet Goes to Town released on November 18th!
Clarinet Goes to Town is basically me letting my hair down with some of my favourite musical friends. Hope you have as much fun listening to it as we had …
Read MoreJazz trio plays live on BBC Radio 3
Emma and her colleagues, Paul Clarvis (percussion) and John Lenehan (keyboard), play on BBC Radio 3’s In Tune live from the Southbank on Thursday October 6th. They will feature some …
Read Morein the Zone
Sometimes in musical performance everything flows effortlessly and you have a feeling of being at one with the music and the audience. You are in commune with the listeners …
Read MoreNew album no.3 in the classical charts!
English Fantasy entered the classical recording charts in August at no.3 and has had great feedback: “winning ways from Emma Johnson again” http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2016/Aug/English_fantasy_NI6328.htm Emma was honoured to have a three …
Read MoreNew recording English Fantasy released
Emma’s new recording English Fantasy has been released on Nimbus on August 12. Already it has been chosen as Album of the Week by Classic FM. John Suchet wrote “The …
Read MoreIn defence of melody
Article commissioned by Gramophone blog to accompany the release of English Fantasy. ‘Let’s encourage composers to embrace melody, harmony and pulse again before the audience is alienated altogether’ ‘We’d like …
Read MoreIf Muzak be the food of commerce, pipe down!
When M&S announced recently it would no longer have piped background music in its stores, there was a mixed reaction.
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