The Revd Canon Dr Victoria Johnson

Victoria is Dean of Chapel at St John’s College, Cambridge, working with one of the finest
collegiate choirs in the world. Prior to this she was Canon Precentor of York Minster,
overseeing the musical and liturgical life of the Cathedral. Before ordination she worked as a
cancer research scientist and an advocate for interdisciplinary thinking. Victoria has sung in
and directed choirs of all sizes and abilities, currently singing with a chamber choir in
Cambridge. She is passionate about access to music and the arts and has a particular
interest in arts festivals which improve access for new and diverse audiences. She is a
trustee for the National Centre for Early Music in York and the Church Music Society. She
sings daily as part of her work and also writes about the arts and music, and the intersection
between faith and science.