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09.22.2021
Jonathan has been named a finalist of the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra's Classical Evolve Competition. His work Four Lakes will premiere on September 22th, 2021 along side works by Ryan Lindveit and Robert Rankin. The winning composer will be named IPO “Composer-in-Residence” and have the opportunity to compose three works during the upcoming season.
Read the full press release here.
10.17.2020
The reviews are in for Jonathan's Violin Sonata No. 2 which was performed by Dallas New Music ensemble Voices of Change on Sunday October 18, 2020. Theater Jones characterized the work as "rich with brilliant timbrel effects and contrasting moments of resonance and delicate fillagree effects."
Read the Dallas Morning News review here.
Read the full Theater Jones review here.
01.22.2020
Jonathan has been named the Grand Prize winner of the New York Youth Symphony's First Music Commission. He will write a new orchestra work to premiere on March 7th, 2021 at Carnegie Hall, with a repeat performance at Interlochen in summer 2021.
Read the full press release here.
11.15.2019
Pianist Steven Masi has released his CD Brahmsiana, which includes Jonathan's work Echoes of Youth for solo piano.
You can listen to the piece here.
09.01.2019
Julian Schwarz and Marika Bournaki perform still, moving for cello and piano as part of Bargemusic Here and Now festival.
Listen to the live performance, which the New York Classical Review called "lyrical and unassuming...a still place floating gently on the waves."
02.08.2019
Jonathan's work flowers of fire, for soprano and orchestra, has won The Juilliard School's composition competition..
Listen to the world premiere, with The Juilliard Orchestra, conductor Jeffrey Milarsky and soprano Kathleen O'Mara.
07.10.2018
Jonathan has been selected for the 2019 Minnesota Orchestra Composition Institute.
His orchestra piece Resonant Bells will be performed by the Minnesota Orchestra and Maestro Osmo Vanska on January 18, 2019.
06.06.2018
Jonathan has been selected for the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra's 2018 Cone Composition Institute for his work Resonant Bells.
Listen to the world premiere, performed by the NJSO and conducted by David Robertson.
05.15.2018
Resonant Bells, for orchestra, has been awarded the William Schuman Prize for most outstanding score at the 2018 BMI Student Composer awards.
03.09.2018
Jonathan has been awarded a 2018 Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.