Emma Johnson

Who is Emma Johnson?

Emma Johnson is a British clarinettist, who was awarded a MBE for services to music in 1996.

In 1984 she won the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition, playing one of Crusell's clarinet concertos in the televised final, and went on to win the Bronze Award representing Britain in the subsequent European Young Musician Competition. She also won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in 1991 which led to her New York City recital debut at Carnegie hall.

Emma Johnson has released several CDs, of clarinet concertos and recital music, covering both standard classical repertoire and occasionally lighter tracks, including some jazz. She plays a Peter Eaton clarinet.

The soundtrack to the BBC television series The Victorian Kitchen Garden, a suite made up of five short movements for clarinet and harp, was dedicated to Ms Johnson by the composer, Paul Reade.

Johnson is now a governor at the school she used to attend, Sevenoaks School