Ellen Johnson can bedescribed as an entrepreneurial visionary artist whose talents stretch frommusic, theater and writing to creative collaborations within the music industry. Ellen’s futuristic yetorganic approach to the world has inspired her journey in the direction ofindependence, excellence, and integrity in the arts. Her own artistic accomplishments in singing, acting,songwriting, poetry, and education have earned her a recognized reputationamong critics and peers.
“superior jazz singing by an artist ofthe highest quality”- BruceCrowther of Jazz Journal International Magazine as
“These Days is one of the best albumsto be heard from a no-nonsense jazz singer” -Frank –John Hadley, DownBeat
“a sophisticated and successful album that raises thestandard of modern jazz singing by at least one notch” -George Harris, All About Jazz
Accomplishments:
•Founded her own recordlabel and educational division (Vocal Visions) and publishing company (LongSnows Moon Music), a non-profit organization for jazz vocalists (Jazz VocalCoalition)
•Founded Sound VisionsMedia, which distributes, promotes and produces a roster of artists andinstructional products
•Founded Sound Creativityfor Creativity Coaching and Expressive Arts Discovery Workshops.
•Produced three criticallyacclaimed CD’s (These Days, Chinchilla Serenade and Too Good To Title) threecompilation CDs (From A Mother’s Heart, Illuminations, JZVOC Singers)
•Author, Vocal Coach andEducator (author and producer -The Vocal Warm Up CD, Vocal Builders, You SingJazz)
•Performed, recorded, and/orstudied/workshops with Bobby McFerrin, Louie Bellson, Charles McPherson, SheilaJordan, Hugh Martin, Marni Nixon, Jeff Weber, Dan Hicks and many more.
•Acting and voice overs forfilm/commercials/TV/industrials
•Certificate in ExpressiveArts Therapy under Jane Goldberg, PhD
•Creativity Coach Trainingwith Eric Maisel, PhD and author
