Jenny Olivia Johnson

Jenny Olivia Johnson is a composer, sound artist, music scholar, as well as an Associate Professor of Music at Wellesley College. Her compositions and artwork range from electroacoustic chamber songs and contemplative solo works to short amplified operas and interactive sound sculptures with lighting. Her music has been performed by ensembles such as the International Contemporary Ensemble, Alarm Will Sound, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, New York City Opera's VOX Program, Wild Up, The Industry Opera Company, and the Asko Schoenberg Ensemble, and her sound art has been exhibited at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (in collaboration with artist Daniela Rivera), and at the Davis Museum at Wellesley College. Jenny’s first solo album Dont Look Back was released on Innova Recordings in 2015, and her second album, Sylvia Songs was released on Innova in May 2018. Jenny is currently at work on a third album- her 90’s-inspired headphones opera The After Time - which also exists as a museum installation called "DIVE (Lucy's Last Dance),” an interactive dive bar in which people can listen to the music while seated in a space that is crucial to the story. “DIVE” is currently on display (albeit virtually) at the Davis Museum at Wellesley College.