GRAEME STEELE JOHNSON

clarinetist | writer | arranger

Winner of the Hellam Young Artists' Competition, the Yamaha Young Performing Artists Competition and the Center for Musical Excellence's inaugural Lee Memorial Scholarship, Graeme Steele Johnson has established a multifaceted career as a clarinetist, writer, arranger and performance designer. He has appeared recently as a TEDx speaker, in recital at The Kennedy Center and Chicago's Dame Myra Hess series, and as a chamber musician at the Ravinia Festival, Phoenix Chamber Music Festival and Chamber Music Northwest. As a concerto soloist, he has performed with the Vienna International Orchestra, Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Caroga Lake and Vermont Mozart Festival Orchestras, and the CME Chamber Orchestra, led by Metropolitan Opera concertmaster Benjamin Bowman. Upcoming engagements include performances with the Miró Quartet, David Shifrin, Valerie Coleman and the Vienna International Orchestra, as well as at the Yellow Barn festival.

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JUN 8, 2021
Graeme Joins Faculty of Mahanaim School
Graeme has been appointed Adjunct Professor of Clarinet at the Mahanaim School in Huntington, New York.
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MAY 4, 2021
CD Release: The Art of Transcription on MSR Classics
The album features world premiere recordings of Graeme's arrangements of Mozart and Gershwin, as well as performances of music by Mangani/Gershwin and Theo Chandler.
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APR 22, 2021
CD Release: Perpetual Motion with David Shifrin on Musica Solis Productions
Graeme appears on David Shifrin's new album of chamber music of Poulenc alongside the likes of Peter Wiley and Frank Morelli. To be released by Musica Solis Productions on May 14, 2021. Learn more

JAN 1, 2021
Graeme Awarded CME's Inaugural Lee Memorial Scholarship
The first of its kind from the Center for Musical Excellence, the award will underwrite a new album of clarinet chamber music. Learn more