Lyndia Johnson   known throughout the music industry as “MzLyndia”   is the founder of Sterling Voice Coaching and a hands-on vocal coach, vocal producer, and mentor who transforms raw talent into sustainable careers. With decades of touring, studio collaboration, and artist development behind her, she built a signature method that fuses conservatory grade technique, Gospel and R&B lineage, and studio-savvy production  empowering singers to sound authentic, powerful, and industry-ready.

Her approach is rare and revolutionary. A former professional opera singer and conservatory-trained artist, MzLyndia is one of the few vocal coaches in the world to master multiple pedagogical languages  Classical, Gospel, and Pop  not just in theory, but in practice. This fusion of elite technical command, soulful stylistic insight, and in-session vocal production shapes voices that are both iconic and resilient.

As an international vocal coach, vocal producer, and clinician, MzLyndia has led masterclasses and residencies across the U.S., Europe, China, and Korea. She is a contributing editor to the Oxford Dictionary of Contemporary Music – Her work led to a seat on the Board of Governors for the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, and in 2004, MzLyndia was tapped to develop the vocal curriculum for Grammy Camp  a groundbreaking initiative that redefined youth vocal training for the commercial music industry.

Her artists have earned Grammy, Tony, BET, and American Music Awards, and can be heard worldwide across Pop, K-pop, Gospel, R&B, and Musical Theatre stages. She holds both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Voice, with certifications in Vocology, Vocal Anatomy and Physiology, Vocal Acoustics, and Comparative Vocal Pedagogy.

In 2018, MzLyndia joined the USC Thornton School of Music as Associate Professor of Popular Voice and now serves as Chair of the Popular Music Program  bridging academic rigor with real-world artist development and shaping the next generation of vocal artists.