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= Sonia Johnson, singer-songwriter =

Francophone jazz singer Sonia Johnson, from St-Alexis-des-Monts, Mauricie, has an eclectic and surprising career. She holds a Master's degree in Jazz Performance and Composition from the Université de Montréal, and also received a Juno Award for the vocal jazz album of the year, in 2012, for her album Le Carré de nos amours, as well as a nomination in 2014, for the album Triades, a collective with singers Annie Poulin and Charles Biddle Jr. She was also nominated for her two albums at the ADISQ gala, in Quebec.

Over the course of her career, she shares the stage with renowned artists including Vic Vogel, Karen Young, Diane Tell, Jean-Pierre Ferland, Lorraine Desmarais and Ray Anderson. She also works as a composer and lyricist for the works of Toronto jazz artists Laila Biali and Steven Taetz. She is a guest soloist on Vincent Rehel’s Capitaine ivre, as well as a lyricist and soloist on the album Les Malcommodes invitent de Félix Stüssi and Jazz Brésilien by Rodrigo Simoes. With guitarist Stephen Johnson, the singer presents a tribute to Ella Fitzgerald entitled Dialogues Ella & Joe, and she collaborates with the Montreal National Jazz Orchestra as arranger and guest soloist. In youth writing, she collaborated on the songwriting of Kalimba, Bill Bestiole and Daniel Coutu’s albums.

Discography
=== Le coeur à l'endroit (2014) ===


 * 1) Des diamants sur la ville
 * 2) Comme sur une toile de Lemieux
 * 3) Je rêve
 * 4) Mon coeur est ...
 * 5) Toi, mon amour
 * 6) Rue Liverpool
 * 7) Elle court
 * 8) Le coeur à l'endroit
 * 9) Si j'avais
 * 10) Nomades
 * 11) Combien d'automnes ?
 * 12) Le miroir de Zapata
 * 13) L'infini droit devant

=== Triades (2014) ===


 * 1) Miss Maya
 * 2) Dame (feat. Morgan Moore)
 * 3) Et si demain à l'aube (feat. Marianne Trudel)
 * 4) L'écho des routes (feat. Morgan Moore)
 * 5) Conquistador ( feat. Marianne Trudel)
 * 6) Old Fashioned Ways ( feat. Marianne Trudel)
 * 7) Méduse ( feat. Marianne Trudel)
 * 8) Le jardins des orchidées ( feat. Marianne Trudel)
 * 9) Too Early for Love (feat. Marianne Trudel)
 * 10) Lost in Paris ( feat. Morgan Moore)
 * 11) Nectar et venin
 * 12) Pour toi ( feat. Marianne Trudel)

=== Le carré de nos amours (2010) ===


 * 1) Embrase-moi
 * 2) La tribu des rêveuses
 * 3) Coeurs solitaires
 * 4) Beau comme Basie
 * 5) Je suis aveugle
 * 6) Ma voix
 * 7) Le temps d'arrange rien
 * 8) Ma vie est une mer d'huile
 * 9) Quand même
 * 10) Deux points c'est tout
 * 11) Pawnshop Of Love
 * 12) J'te dis pas tout
 * 13) Tes joues

Other recordings

 * Le Capitaine ivre (2018) Soloist and vocalises for experimental project by composer Vincent Rehel, with Vincent Rehel, Jean-Francois Lemieux and Max Sansalone.


 * The Malcommodes invitent (2017) Lyricist. Interpretation. With Félix Stüssi, Ray Anderson, Pierre Tanguay, Daniel Lessard, Jacques Kuba Seguin, André Leroux and Jean Derome.


 * Kalimba In the heart of rhythm (2014) Collaboration in song writing, show and youth album. Various musical styles. Arrangements. Realization of the album. With Véronique Boucher, Luc Beaugrand, Rémi-Jean Leblanc, Eric Shaw, Camil Bélisle, Ron Ledoux, Rachel Therrien and Dany Roy

Awards and Recognition
- JUNO Nomination 2014 Jazz Voice Album - Triades

- Nomination to ADISQ best album category Jazz Creation 2013 - Triades

- JUNO Vocal Jazz Album Winner of the Year 2012 - The Carré de nos amours

- Nomination to ADISQ best album category Jazz Creation 2011 - Le Carré de nos amours

- Winner Chansonneur category at Petite-Vallée Song Festival, 2008

- FACTOR national production and marketing grant, 2018

- Canada Council for the Arts Grant, Production Grant, 2014 and 2018

- Grant Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec - Research and creation, 2003, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2018

- Musicaction national production and marketing grant, 2010 and 2014

- Canada Council for the Arts Grant, Grant to Professional Musicians, 2013

- Montreal Mayor's Foundation Grant for Youth - Art and Culture, 2005

Professional training
2018: Master's degree in interpretation and jazz song composition, Université de Montréal

2018: Training Estill Voice Training, Level 1 and 2, Dynamic Voice, Quebec

2016: Bachelor's degree in interpretation, University of Montreal, May 2016

2006: Certificate of Professional Studies - Business Coaching for Women Artists CEFQ, Montreal

2003: Popular song: musical comedy workshops, UDA program, Montreal

1994: DEC concentration classical singing - Vincent-d'Indy School of Music, Montreal