Theron teaches her students that the entire body is involved in making sound.  “A Mind, Body and Spirit” concept of instruction…a way to live.  By implementing this concept, the student is able to stretch the mind and strengthen their knowledge of the lyric. 

The body is the instrument by which the student produces the sound.  One must exercise and stretch daily for optimum results.  As the student mentally and physically connects in this way, the spirit is revealed. 
Theron Thomas Johnson, president and founder of “Imagery Music, LLC”, is a lyric soprano, vocal coach, choir director and music interpreter. A native of Kansas City, Missouri, Theron earned the Bachelor of Music Education degree from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. Theron studied voice in the Washington metropolitan area with Martha Steiger Ellison and Todd Duncan. She has also coached with other internationally acclaimed artists such as Gerard Souzay, Jerome Barry, Elly Ameling and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. 

Theron has been featured in recital in various venues throughout the United States to include The National Convention of Links, Inc. in Las Vegas, Nevada, Friday Morning Music Club, Fairfax Library Series, and the Alfred Street Baptist Church Fine Arts Series. She has been guest soloist for The Democratic National Committee and has sung the National Anthem multiple times at Washington Redskins games. 

In addition to Theron’s vocal performing career, she has taught voice at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church and Sewell Conservatory of Music, both in Washington, D.C. As part of a program sponsored by the Washington Opera, she worked with high school students leading a vocal technique workshop for the “First Night at the Opera” where Placido Domingo was the artistic director. From 1999 – 2003, Theron was the vocal coach for the world-renowned Eastern High School Choir of Washington, D.C.  In 2004, Theron directed the “Official Tour Choir”, the Voices of Triumph during the Voices of  Civil Rights Bus Tour opening ceremony on the National Mall and closing ceremony at the Library of Congress. Theron formed a choir of volunteers from the Washington, D.C. office of AARP along with her group, Seasons, to sing at the Lincoln Memorial for its 50th anniversary kickoff celebration in 2008.  Since 2006 Theron has instructed soloists,  choral ensembles, ministers, choirs and recording artists through her “Finding Your Voice” workshops. 

During the 2014 Concert Series Theron was the vocal coach for The Heritage Signature Chorale of Washington, D.C. where Maestro Stanley H. Thurston is director. 

Currently, Theron teaches privately from her studio in Alexandria, VA, directs the Voices of Triumph Choir and is the resident vocal coach for the Alfred Street Baptist Church music ministry in Alexandria, VA, directs the Adult Choir of the Heritage Fellowship Church in Reston, VA, is the resident vocal coach for Saint Cyprian Catholic Church Choir in Washington, D.C. and holds local and out of state “Finding Your Voice” workshops designed to enhance church, civic and community organizations.

July 2020 - Present | Holding individual virtual lessons to singers, ministers, dancers and instrumentalists of the Music and Worship Arts Ministry at Alfred Street Baptist Church, Alexandria, VA.

March - December 2017 | Vocal coached Trinity AME Zion Church, Washington, DC.

April 2017 - Present | Vocal coach for a professional ensemble, “Voices United” directed by Mike McCoy who tour both locally and internationally.

May 2017 | Vocal coached (inclusive of language interpretation - Italian) the “Negleatha Johnson Singers” preparing them for a 12 day concert tour of Milan, Italy.

July 17-21, 2017 | Vocal Coach for “Work On A Wheel” summer music camp in Omaha, Nebraska where I facilitated a masters class of up and coming artists on the importance of vocal techniques through the mind, body and spirit concept.