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Leslie Johnson, Soprano
This is Leslie Johnson’s first season as a member of the St. Clement’s Choir. She also currently sings with The Philadelphia Singers and with Donald Nally’s The Crossing. An equally accomplished concert soloist and recitalist, she performs regularly with Philadelphia’s art song festival Lyric Fest, and has appeared at the Octobre en Normandie Festival in Rouen, France, Chicago’s Ravinia Festival, the New York Festival of Song, and the Newport Music Festival, as well as on recital series at Swarthmore College, Lehigh University, West Chester University, and Washington, D.C.’s Phillips Collection. She has also been a featured soloist with the Beijing National Symphony, the National Symphony Orchestra, the New Haven Symphony, the Springfield (MA) Symphony Orchestra, and New York’s New Choral Society. A regular soloist with the Bach Choir of Bethlehem, she has also been featured locally with the Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, and the Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra. Previously an opera singer, Leslie performed leading roles with the Houston Grand Opera, Washington National Opera, Portland Opera, the Wolf Trap Opera Company, the Lake George Opera Festival, Glimmerglass Opera, Central City Opera, and Liederkranz Opera Theater. Originally from Macungie, Pennsylvania, Leslie has lived in Center City for seven years, and is Project Manager for Astral Artistic Services, a Philadelphia-based organization that provides performance opportunities and career mentoring services for young emerging classical musicians. She also serves as Coordinator of the Marian Anderson Prize for Emerging Classical Artists, a biennial voice competition. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Westminster College (PA), a Master of Music degree from the Hartt School, and an Artist Diploma from the Yale School of Music.
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