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Jennifer Johnson
Canada, Newfoundland
B.M., Honors Performance Degree, Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina
Body Mapping Educator Sponsoring Teacher, 2010
Author, What Every Violinist Needs to Know About the Body (GIA Publications, 2009)
Licensed Body Mapping Educator, 2005
Jennifer Johnson, professional violinist, is an internationally sought-after Master Teacher/Teacher Trainer in Body Mapping and is renowned for her expertise in helping musicians to move according to the design of their bodies to prevent playing injuries and promote ease. She has presented for the New York Philharmonic’s Zarin Mehta Program and was a keynote speaker at AUSTA, Brisbane 2015 Conference. Jennifer was a featured guest of Juilliard’s Noa Kageyama on the Bulletproof Musician podcast in October 2019. She was invited to teach Body Mapping at the Starling-Delay Violin Symposium at Juilliard in May 2023 and is a regular guest speaker for Nathan Cole’s online studio.
Jennifer has written three books on Body Mapping for musicians including What Every Violinist Needs to Know About the Body and is presently making a documentary about Body Mapping’s Founder, Barbara Conable. Jennifer is Lead for musicians’ health for Canada’s Music and Health Research Institute, based in Ottawa, Canada.
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