Jonathan Elliott
Jonathan Elliot (disambiguation) Jonathan Elliott is an American composer and teacher. Jonathan Elliott was born in Philadelphia in 1962, Elliott grew up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, studying piano from the age of six. He went 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.
Jonathan Elliott
- Name
- Jonathan Elliott
- Born
- 1962
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia
- Education
- Vassar College and University of Chicago
- Occupation
- Composer and teacher
- Nationality
- United States
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He received Broadcast Music, Inc. Student Composer awards in 1985 (Night Prayer) and 1987 (Epiphany). Elliott is currently composer in residence at Saint Ann's School, in Brooklyn, New York, where he has taught since 1988. He previously taught at Chicago and Vassar. He has received fellowships from Yaddo (1991,1992,1996), the Ragdale Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the MacDowell Colony (1989, 1990), and has been in residence at the University of Florida. He has received commissions from Koch International Classics, the American Composers Forum, PS122, the Monadnock Music Festival, the American Liszt Society, Music With A View, and Electric Earth Concerts. Elliott's compositions have been performed at venues and institutions such as the Aspen Music Festival, Columbia University, Temple University, the Strathmore Center for the Performing Arts, the Chicago Public Library Cultural Center, PS122, the World Saxophone Congress, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the World Bank Theater, UC Davis, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, the University of Hartford Hartt School, Penn State Hazleton, Symphony Space, University of the Witwatersrand, Montclair State University, Bridgewater State University, Museum of Art, Seoul National University, the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, and the University of St Andrews. His works are recorded on Koch International Classics and Centaur.
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• Name — Jonathan Elliott • Born — 1962 • Birthplace — Philadelphia • Education — Vassar College and University of Chicago • Occupation — Composer and teacher
Orchestral
Orchestral
• In Silence (1989) • Tableaux (1991)
Chamber
Chamber
• Peacock Fantasia (2018) – flute, viola, piano • Quartet for Saxophones (2010) • Then (2009) • Hommage a B.B. (1997) - soprano, alto flute, viola • Field Music: Spiral (1997) - flute, viola, harp • Night Prayer (1985) soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and two percussionists
Instrumental duo
Instrumental duo
• Friss/Szellem (2012) – alto saxophone and guitar • Five (2010) – flute and piano • Field Music Ash (2005) – alto saxophone and cello • Friss (2001) – flute and guitar • Odd Preludes (2000) – alto saxophone and piano • Epiphany (1986) - alto saxophone and piano
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Solo
• Six Preludes (2004) - piano solo • Piano Sonata (1988) - piano solo
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1962
Jonathan Elliott born at Philadelphia.
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- 1.Griffiths, Paul. MUSIC REVIEW; Unwrapping Gifts of Holiday Songs Under a Met Tree. The New York Times. 1998-12-25. 0362-4331.
- 2.Pfitzinger, Scott. Composer Genealogies: A Compendium of Composers, Their Teachers, and Their Students. Rowman & Littlefield. 2017-03-01. 9781442272255.
- 3.After Vassar - Music Department - Vassar College. music.vassar.edu.
- 4.Genres: BMI Student Composer Award Winners. BMI.com.
- 5.Three Young Composers - Vassar, the Alumnae/i Quarterly. vq.vassar.edu.
- 6.Page, Tim. Music Notes; Facelift for a Valued Hall. The New York Times. 1986-06-08. 0362-4331.
- 7.Composers. Yaddo. 2016-09-11.
- 8.Jonathan Elliott - Artist. MacDowell Colony.
- 9.NYC Composers, by Duo Montagnard at Symphony Space.
- 10.Chamber music concert set for Feb. 11 at Penn State Hazleton Penn State University. news.psu.edu.
- 11.JACKSON, KENT. Duo entertains, ghost style. www.standardspeaker.com. 13 February 2019.
- 12.Saxophone & Guitar Masterclass with Duo Montagnard Global Administrative and Travel Support Duke. travel.duke.edu.
- 13.Electric Earth Concerts presents "Peacocks" with pianist Molly Morkoski. Boston.com.
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