Jared Johnson

Jared Johnson is the newly-appointed Director of Music and Canon-Elect at Washington National Cathedral. A native of Ohio, he is a graduate of Oberlin College and Yale University. Prior to his appointment in Washington, he was Canon Director of Music at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, where he directed the Choir of Men and Boys, and founded the Cathedral Choir of Girls. He previously served as Director of Music at Trinity Cathedral in Columbia, SC, where he founded both a boys’ choir and a girls’ choir, and he taught on the music faculty of the University of South Carolina. A frequent guest conductor, he recently served as music director for the Saint Thomas Girl Chorister Course, and the Royal School of Church Music Course at Duke University. As an organ recitalist he has appeared in major venues throughout North America, Great Britain, and Australia, and his recordings appear on the Pro Organo and JAV labels. Dr. Johnson is a member of the boards of the Association of Anglican Musicians, and of the Royal School of Church Music in America.