Mrs. Pamela Johnson

Pamela J Johnson is Co-Founder and Program Director of the Afro American Music Institute (AAMI) and a lead vocalist for AAMI's faculty performance group. She's also been the principal vocalist at the Emmanuel Episcopal Jazz service for 30 years. She and her husband Dr. James Johnson have been performing together for over 47 years.

She has performed as a jazz vocalist with jazz legends such as Kenny Clark, Joe Harris, Shirley Scott, Hank Crawford, and Johnny Lytel. Along with her husband, she has performed as the primary vocalist of the International Conference on Public Management Policy and Development in countries of Ethiopia, Mozambique, Senegal, Kenya, Ghana, and South Africa. She has toured across the U.S. and Canada with the Wright State University Gospel Choir and the Bach Choir of Pittsburgh. It was with her Canadian tour with the Bach Choir that led to the production of a CD that was released by the choir, featuring Mrs. Johnson as a soloist. Pamela Johnson can be found singing on first Saturday nights in a musical series called Jazz at the Loading Dock featuring she and her husband, in a nightclub setting at the Music Institute. Additionally, She serves on the board of Pittsburgh's only jazz station (WZUM).

Pamela Johnson was an aerobics instructor for the combined health centers of Primary Healthcare Services from 1985-2001. She also produces a TV show called Pondering with Pamela which can be seen on PCTV Channel 21 in Pittsburgh PA.

Pamela J. Johnson founded the Afro-American Music Institute Boys' Choir in 1990. The group was originally formed to present a musical tribute to fathers on Father's Day. Under the direction of Dr. James T. Johnson Jr, the ensemble has grown into a choir renown for its musical styles and its interpretations of African-American Music such as black art music, blues, gospel, pop, spiritual, and jazz. Today, the choir is an important part of the Afro-American Institute's (AAMI) infrastructure serving as the foundation of the youth laboratory.

Pamela is the proud parent of four children, eight grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.