Hailed by the NYTimes as ‘Incisive…first rate…brilliant’, Johns, a protégé of Maestro Lorin Maazel has conducted over 100 orchestras including the Israel Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonica della Scala, Netherlands Radio Symphony, Sydney Symphony and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestras. He has worked at Covent Garden and conducted at La Scala. Former Resident conductor of the Palau de les Arts, Valencia, music staff with New York City Opera, Johns currently serves in addition to his duties at Rutgers as Principal Guest conductor for the Orquesta Clasica Santa Cecilia, Madrid. He was awarded the inaugural ‘Centenary Medal’ from the Australian Government, conferred by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, for his services to the community through music.