Harriet Johnson

Born in Staffordshire, Harriet was brought up in a highly musical family thus fuelling her great passion for music. She began singing at a very early age and has always sung with many choirs including the English Concert Singers. It is through her choral training that she has developed as a concert singer, performing in choirs and as a soloist at venues all across the country including The Royal Albert Hall, The Royal Festival Hall, Symphony Hall and National Indoor Arena.

In recent years Harriet has taken a special interest in anatomy and physiology of the voice and is a prime advocator of vocal health and safe singing. As a member of the British Voice Association she has the opportunity to work alongside the UK's leading ENT surgeons and speech therapists as they discover new research. Harriet often works with the recovering voice and with singers recovering from surgery. She continues her own development as a singer and singing teacher at The Royal Academy of Music in London, where she has the privilege of training under some of the best voice specialists in the world.

Since graduating from the department of music at The University of Sheffield, Harriet has been teaching singing and music in schools and colleges throughout Staffordshire and Yorkshire. She was a resident teacher of singing and music at SLP College, a specialist Performing Arts college in Leeds for a number of years but in September 2012 accepted a new post as Subject Leader & Lecturer in Music, in North Staffordshire.

In 2006 Harriet took a conducting post with The University of Sheffield Singers’ Society, directing the society’s Small Groups, Socii Cantorum and the Ladies Choir. Both choirs are young, thriving and successful and are highly acclaimed performers for the University and South Yorkshire. Harriet is also the Musical Director of Stone Choral Society, in Staffordshire.

Her role as a choral director has led to her working a number of exciting projects for TV and Radio including the BBC and ITV. On such projects she works as a director, vocal coach and music advisor.