Jonathan Elliott

Jonathan Elliott is an American composer and teacher.[1] Born in 1962, Elliott grew up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, studying piano from the age of six. He would go on to study composition at Vassar College, where his teachers included Annea Lockwood and the pianist Todd Crow; Elliott subsequently received his PhD from the University of Chicago, where he studied with Ralph Shapey and Shulamit Ran.[2]

Currently composer in residence at Saint Ann's School, in Brooklyn, New York, where he has taught since 1988, Elliott previously has taught at Chicago, Vassar, and Bard College. He has additionally received fellowships from Yaddo, the American Composers Forum, and the MacDowell Colony, and has been in residence at institutions such as the University of Florida.[3][4][5] Elliott's compositions have been performed at venues and institutions such as the Aspen Music Festival, Temple University, the World Saxophone Congress, UC Davis, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, the University of Hartford Hartt School, Symphony Space, and the University of St Andrews.[6]

Selected Works

Orchestral

  • In Silence (1989)
  • Tableaux (1991)

Chamber

  • Peacock Fantasia (2018)[7] – flute, viola, piano
  • Quarter for Saxaphones (2010)
  • Then (2009)
  • Hommage a B.B. (1997)
  • Field Music: Spiral (1997)

Instrumental Duo

  • River (2014) – alto saxophone and cello
  • Szellem (2012) – alto saxophone and guitar
  • Five (2010) – flute and piano
  • Field Music Ash (2005) – alto saxophone and cello
  • Friss (2001) – flute and cello
  • Odd Preludes (2000) – alto saxophone and piano

References

  1. ↑ Griffiths, Paul (1998-12-25). "MUSIC REVIEW; Unwrapping Gifts of Holiday Songs Under a Met Tree". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
  2. ↑ Pfitzinger, Scott (2017-03-01). Composer Genealogies: A Compendium of Composers, Their Teachers, and Their Students. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781442272255.
  3. ↑ "Three Young Composers - Vassar, the Alumnae/i Quarterly". vq.vassar.edu. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
  4. ↑ Page, Tim (1986-06-08). "Music Notes; Facelift for a Valued Hall". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
  5. ↑ "Composers". Yaddo. 2016-09-11. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  6. ↑ "NYC Composers, by Duo Montagnard at Symphony Space". Retrieved 2018-03-02.
  7. ↑ "Electric Earth Concerts presents "Peacocks" with pianist Molly Morkoski". Boston.com. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
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