Our Vocal Coaches

Jonna is a singer, songwriter and a recording music artist from Finland.

She joined Voice Academy NYC in 2018 as a vocal coach. Besides teaching voice lessons, Jonna has also
taught dance (commercial, hip hop, jazz, musical theater, latin) in various dance schools since she was a teenager herself   (1996-2017).
Jonna’s music career took off in 2002 when she was selected to be in the first PopStars
band in Finland (a reality TV-format which was the inspiration for the Idols franchise).
Jonna stayed in the band for only a short time before becoming the first singer and
songwriter to combine American R&B sounds with Finnish lyrics and paving the way for a
new era of pop music in Finland. Jonna has released 3 solo albums with Sony Music,
received multiple nominations at the Finnish Music Awards, booming radio play and top
hits on the Finnish charts.
Jonna has also worked as a TV host (Voice Out!, TV2), is a three-time Finnish “show dance”
champion, has worked as a dancer in 2 different dance companies (Step Up dancers, Cat
People) and she was a Finnish National semifinalist for the Eurovision Song Contest with
her song “Puppets” in 2011.
Jonna has performed in musicals such as “Hair“, “Grease” and “Hello Dolly!” and she
recorded the theme song for Disney’s Kim Possible in Finnish, among other voice over and
studio work that she has done over the years.
Jonna got her Bachelor’s degree in Pop and Jazz vocal performance from Metropolia
University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki, Finland. She also studied jazz vocals for 1 year at
the Royal College of Music (Kungliga Musikhögskolan) in Stockholm, Sweden.
Jonna crowdfunded, produced and released her first English album “Sound Mind” in 2015
and after touring with the album in Europe, she relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area.
After 2 years in California and touring the west coast, Jonna moved to NYC in 2017. Jonna
has performed her original music at venues such as Shrine, Pianos, The Bowery Electric,
Scandinavia House, Silvana and the KAYE playhouse. For the past 5 years, she has been
focusing more on raising her little kids, and teaching & performing less. But she is excited
to teach and write more new music in 2025.
Jonna’s over 20 years of experience as a performer gives her a unique set of tools in
coaching new talent, not only in singing, but also, in the art of performing.