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She was a pupil at [[Newstead Wood School for Girls]], [[Orpington]] and [[Sevenoaks School]], and then went on to study first English and then Music at [[Pembroke College, Cambridge]].
She was a pupil at [[Newstead Wood School for Girls]], [[Orpington]] and [[Sevenoaks School]], and then went on to study first English and then Music 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. Who carries on in the English tradition of clarinet making, as played by clarinet giants Frederick Thurston, Thea King,Reginald Kell ..Sidney Fell,Gervaise De Peyer,Roy Jowett and Jack Brymer. Other famous musicians using Peter.s clarinets can be found on his Web Site.The soundtrack to the BBC television series ''[[The Victorian Kitchen Garden]]'', a suite made up of five short movements for [[clarinet]] and [[harp]], was dedicated to Ms Johnson by the composer, Paul Reade.
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 five short movements for [[clarinet]] and [[harp]], was dedicated to Ms Johnson by the composer, [[Paul Reade]].


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Revision as of 18:57, 15 December 2008

Emma Johnson (born 1966, London) is a British clarinettist.

In 1984 she won the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition, playing Bernhard Crusell's clarinet concerto in the televised final.[1]

She was a pupil at Newstead Wood School for Girls, Orpington and Sevenoaks School, and then went on to study first English and then Music 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 five short movements for clarinet and harp, was dedicated to Ms Johnson by the composer, Paul Reade.

References

  1. ^ "1984 Emma Johnson - Clarinet". BBC. Retrieved 2008-03-03.