Coming together with purpose through music and creativity.

Elisabeth  received Racial Healing Practitioner Certification from Kennedy King College during her recovery from Guillain-Barré, and was honored to be a 2024 Fellow at the Disability Lead Institute.

With extensive knowledge and experience, including over 25 years as an educator working with children and families. They also bring experience in the areas of restorative and transformative justice, social emotional learning, human rights education, disability and accessibility, group process and circle facilitation, youth mentoring and  activities oordination, tutoring and engagement strategies for leadership, growth and advocacy.

Photo: A picture of Elisabeth Johnson with hennaed hands holding her face in a smile. The picture is taken from a performance with Tellin Tales, a troupe that amplifies voices of people with disability and BIPOC + narratives.

Elisabeth Johnson is currently working on her Practicum in becoming a Certified Music Practitioner with the Music Healing and Transition Program MHTP(tm). 

As a Certified Music Practitioner, I provide therapeutic live music at the bedside. This Integrative Music Medicine may provide some pain management, vitalization and stabilization as well as distraction to benefit patients with specific needs. 

I am trained to provide music for acute and non acute patients, cognitively impaired and memory care patients, as well as music for actively transitioning patients. I am also available to work with families providing musical support for grief and respite.

My music service provides a healing environment of therapeutic music not only for patients, but also for hospital staff and family members. 

Photo: Elisabeth Johnson plays violin behind a table with various instruments at Disfest Chicago,  Navy Pier. They are presenting a demonstration of healing therapeutic music.

Elisabeth Johnson is a Brazilian-American violinist, multi-instrumentalist, world folk musician, educator, poet, artist and activist in Chicago.  Elisabeth holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Musicology/Violin Performance from Roosevelt University. 

Elisabeth has spent their life playing in orchestras and ensembles worldwide as a professional violinist. They also play Balkan, Greek, Arabic, Klezmer and Brazilian music. They bring over 25 years of expertise in working with children in after school programming for various Chicagoland area music schools. 

Elisabeth is also the founder of a music school, Mynah Music Studio, implementing curriculum and programing of both western and diverse world music idioms.  The studio provides community opportunities and events, lessons, concerts, and curating performance and art installations.

Photo: Elisabeth Johnson is in concert black, smiling, peeking out from behind her violin.