Graeme Steele Johnson
clarinetist | writer | arranger
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Graeme Steele Johnson is an artist of uncommon imagination and versatility.
Winner of the Hellam Young Artists' Competition, the Yamaha Young Performing Artists Competition and the Center for Musical Excellence's inaugural Lee Memorial Scholarship, he has established a multifaceted career as a clarinetist, writer and arranger and earned praise for his "elegant and rounded sound" and "gentle lyricism" (Albany Times Union). His diverse artistic endeavors range from a TEDx talk comparing Mozart and Seinfeld, to his reconstruction of a forgotten 125-year-old work by Charles Martin Loeffler, to his performances of Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto on a rare elongated clarinet that he commissioned. He has appeared in recital at The Kennedy Center and Chicago's Dame Myra Hess series, as a chamber musician at Carnegie Hall, the Ravinia Festival, Phoenix Chamber Music Festival and Chamber Music Northwest, and as concerto soloist with the Vienna International Orchestra, Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Caroga Lake and Vermont Mozart Festival Orchestras and the CME Chamber Orchestra. Upcoming engagements include performances with the Miró Quartet, David Shifrin and Valerie Coleman, with the Lviv Philharmonic in Ukraine, and at the Yellow Barn festival. |
latest news
MAY 5, 2022
Graeme Awarded Saint Botolph Club Foundation's Emerging Artist Award
The $3,000 grant will support the world premiere recording of Charles Martin Loeffler's forgotten Octet from 1897, recently rediscovered and reconstructed by Graeme. Learn more
Graeme Awarded Saint Botolph Club Foundation's Emerging Artist Award
The $3,000 grant will support the world premiere recording of Charles Martin Loeffler's forgotten Octet from 1897, recently rediscovered and reconstructed by Graeme. Learn more
APR 1, 2022
Digital Release: And I Always Thought on Bandcamp
A new audio-visual album of music by Martin Bresnick is now available for download on Bandcamp. Graeme is featured in the titular track -- Bresnick's trio for clarinet, violin and piano -- with Lisa Moore and Elly Toyoda in its first commercial recording. Learn more
Digital Release: And I Always Thought on Bandcamp
A new audio-visual album of music by Martin Bresnick is now available for download on Bandcamp. Graeme is featured in the titular track -- Bresnick's trio for clarinet, violin and piano -- with Lisa Moore and Elly Toyoda in its first commercial recording. Learn more
DEC 26, 2021
Just Announced: Mozart Concerto with Lviv Philharmonic
Graeme will perform and record Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in its original version for basset clarinet with the Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra in Ukraine in April 2022. Learn more
Just Announced: Mozart Concerto with Lviv Philharmonic
Graeme will perform and record Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in its original version for basset clarinet with the Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra in Ukraine in April 2022. Learn more
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. Learn more
Graeme Joins Faculty of Mahanaim School
Graeme has been appointed Adjunct Professor of Clarinet at the Mahanaim School in Huntington, New York. Learn more
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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. Learn more |
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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 |
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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
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