Studies
Maggie Johns is currently a junior at the University of Maryland, studying with Larissa Dedova. In the past, Maggie has studied with Eugenia Posey-Marcos and Suzanna Kalina, as well as learned from artists such as Thomas Mastroianni, Randall Faber, Brian Ganz, Audrey Andrist, Boris Slutsky, and Julian Martin.
Achievements and work
Maggie placed 1st at the 2016 Steinway Piano Society/FGCU Young Artist Piano Competition, 1st at the 2017 Music Foundation of Greater Naples Piano Competition, was a semi-final honors recital winner in the 2019 Knabe International Piano Competition, a semi-finalist in the 2019 American International Piano Competition, and a finalist in the University of Maryland Concerto Competition in both 2018 and 2019.
Maggie has been featured in the MCMTA Evelyn Swarthout-Patrick Hayes Scholarship Competition Concert at Strathmore Mansion, the 2019 UMD School of Music Honors Chamber Music Concert, the 2019 UMD School of Music convocation, and the 2018 and 2019 UMD School of Music Piano Division Showcases.
Maggie is currently a pianist at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Cheverly, Maryland.
Maggie has been featured in the MCMTA Evelyn Swarthout-Patrick Hayes Scholarship Competition Concert at Strathmore Mansion, the 2019 UMD School of Music Honors Chamber Music Concert, the 2019 UMD School of Music convocation, and the 2018 and 2019 UMD School of Music Piano Division Showcases.
Maggie is currently a pianist at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Cheverly, Maryland.
Interests
One of Maggie’s passions is creating interesting, relevant, and meaningful classical programming. She is currently engaged in a capstone project that aims to discern how the purpose of the live classical concert has evolved over time and how musicians can more effectively design concerts in order to emphasize the relevance and meaningfulness of classical performance.
Maggie loves to bring music to people whenever she can; she has performed in solo concert as well as organized a chamber music concert at Collington Retirement Community and programmed and organized a concert with several other young musicians at a nursing home in Salem, Ohio. Last year, one highlight was programming an entire collaborative concert in which she performed with several of her classmates; she also programmed a solo concert in collaboration with another pianist in the fall of 2019. Recently, Maggie organized, programmed, and recorded a concert for violin/piano duo which was broadcast for residents of Collington Retirement Community.
Maggie is also passionate about chamber music. She has performed a variety of works for four hands, two pianos, violin/piano, cello/piano, piano quartet, and quintet. She also formed a piano/woodwind trio which later expanded to the Pressez Quartet. Following the move to online classes due to COVID-19 in the spring of 2020, the Pressez Quartet collaborated on a project to record and layer their parts to the first movement of Jean-Michele Damase's Quatuor, which was subsequently featured on the UMD College of Arts and Humanities website.
Another major interest for Maggie is teaching. She has tutored university-level students in music theory and aural skills, and has been teaching in affiliation with Music & Arts since June, 2020.
Maggie loves to bring music to people whenever she can; she has performed in solo concert as well as organized a chamber music concert at Collington Retirement Community and programmed and organized a concert with several other young musicians at a nursing home in Salem, Ohio. Last year, one highlight was programming an entire collaborative concert in which she performed with several of her classmates; she also programmed a solo concert in collaboration with another pianist in the fall of 2019. Recently, Maggie organized, programmed, and recorded a concert for violin/piano duo which was broadcast for residents of Collington Retirement Community.
Maggie is also passionate about chamber music. She has performed a variety of works for four hands, two pianos, violin/piano, cello/piano, piano quartet, and quintet. She also formed a piano/woodwind trio which later expanded to the Pressez Quartet. Following the move to online classes due to COVID-19 in the spring of 2020, the Pressez Quartet collaborated on a project to record and layer their parts to the first movement of Jean-Michele Damase's Quatuor, which was subsequently featured on the UMD College of Arts and Humanities website.
Another major interest for Maggie is teaching. She has tutored university-level students in music theory and aural skills, and has been teaching in affiliation with Music & Arts since June, 2020.
