Aubrey Johnson
- Adjunct Professor Cali School of Music
- johnsonau@montclair.edu
- Location
- Montclair Campus > Chapin Hall
Biography
Aubrey Johnson is a New York-based jazz vocalist, composer, and educator. At Montclair State University, she teaches private jazz voice lessons and directs Vocamotion, one of the Cali School’s vocal jazz ensembles. She has been a member of the Montclair faculty since 2020.
Her debut record, Unraveled, featuring her original music and arrangements and produced by Steve Rodby (Pat Metheny Group), was released on Outside In Music in 2020. Play Favorites, her duo album with the pianist Randy Ingram was released on Sunnyside Records in 2022. A third studio album featuring Aubrey’s compositions and arrangements, The Lively Air, was released in early 2026 on Greenleaf Records.
Among the 50+ albums Aubrey has appeared on as a sideperson are Bobby McFerrin’s Grammy-nominated release, VOCAbuLaries, Arturo O’Farrill’s Grammy Award-winning album Four Questions, and Lyle Mays’ Grammy Award-winning Eberhard. Aubrey holds faculty positions at The New School and Montclair State University, and previously held positions at New England Conservatory (her alma mater) and Berklee College of Music. Her teaching and performing with her own band and with various ensembles has taken her throughout the US, Canada, Europe, Asia, and South America.
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