Emma Johnson (born 1966, London) is a clarinettist. In 1984 she won the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition, playing Bernhard Crusell's clarinet concerto in the televised final. She was a pupil at Newstead Wood School for Girls, Orpington and Sevenoaks School, and then went on to study Music and English at Pembroke College, Cambridge. Emma Johnson has released several CDs; recent releases have included a number of popular and jazz tracks in addition to standard classical repertoire. She plays a Peter Eaton clarinet. The soundtrack to the BBC television series "The Victorian Kitchen Garden", a suite made up of 5 short movements for clarinet and harp, was dedicated to Ms Johnson by the composer, Paul Reade. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... BBC Young Musician of the Year is a televised competition for British keyboard, percussion, string, brass and woodwind players, under 18 years old. ... Bernhard Henrik Crusell (1775 -1838) was a Finnish-born composer and clarinet player, who moved to Sweden in his late teens. ... Newstead Wood School for Girls and Daniel Moore Newstead Wood School for Girls is a selective girls secondary school in Avebury Road, Orpington, England. ... Orpington is a place in the London Borough of Bromley. ... Sevenoaks School is a consistently top-ranking English coeducational independent school, located in the town of Sevenoaks, Kent. ... Full name Pembroke College Motto - Named after Countess of Pembroke, Mary de St Pol Previous names Marie Valence Hall (1347), Pembroke Hall (?), Pembroke College (1856) Established 1347 Sister College(s) Queens College Master Sir Richard Dearlove Location Trumpington Street Undergraduates ~420 Postgraduates ~240 Homepage Boatclub Pembroke College is a... Two soprano clarinets: a Bâ™ clarinet (left, with capped mouthpiece) and an A clarinet (right, with no mouthpiece). ... The harp is a stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicular to the soundboard. ...
References
Emma Johnson Artist Biography. Sanctuary Classics. Retrieved on 2006-06-14.
Emma Johnson Biography. World Concert Artist Directory. Retrieved on 2006-06-14.
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