Johanna was born and raised in Sydney Australia. The day she was born, her grandfather who was a jazz pianist, said, “this one is going to be a musician”.

To her mother’s surprise, her grandfather was right. She would wait for him to arrive each day, and sit next to him at the piano, marveling at the way his fingers moved. Piano tutorial however, proved too rigid and boring for this free spirited child.

During one of her many piano lessons in which she fought constantly with her tutor…he got fed up and sent her outside for the rest of the lesson to wait for her mother. She sat on the wall and sang. He heard this and was astonished.

From that day until she was 21, he arrived at her house each Monday to play for her and teach her classical hymns and the occasional jazz standard.

Johanna would collect the neighbors whenever she could to sit and watch her sing and dance in her living room. She would knock on doors and serenade anyone how answered.

She spent her early childhood years, singing in the Australian Opera’s children’s chorus performing in Opera’s and concerts.

Then College hit. She discovered Jazz music and fell in love. She graduated at the top of her class with a bachelor’s degree in music performance, and all this while, was juggling a thriving jazz singing career and a small band-booking agency. She would study by day, and then hit the jazz clubs and hotels where she was booked…. To sing her heart out at night with her band.

She sang backup for other singers, she recorded sessions for other writers, she performed in many high profile venues around Australia, but it never seemed to satisfy.

Unfortunately, Sydney just got too small. She had bigger fish to fry.

That feeling lead her to New York where she began a career as an audio engineer at one of the oldest recording studios in America, Nola Recording.

Whilst helping others to record their albums and make a name for themselves, she quietly wrote and wrote and recorded her demos at the studio. Through this time, she began to grow as an artist, as a writer and with her friend of many years, Vicente Archer; they formed a band and began to play the NY circuit.

Johanna continues to sing, to write and perform and who knows where this dream will take her next……..