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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 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. [2] [3] He received two Broadcast Music, Inc. Student Composer awards in 1985 and 1987. [4]

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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, Vassar, and Bard College. He has received fellowships from Yaddo, the American Composers Forum, and the MacDowell Colony (1989, 1990), and has been in residence at institutions such as the University of Florida. [5] [6] [7] [8]

Elliott's compositions have been performed at venues and institutions such as the Aspen Music Festival, Columbia University, Temple University, the World Saxophone Congress, 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. [9] [10] [11] [12]

Selected works

Orchestral

Chamber

Instrumental duo

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  2. ↑ Pfitzinger, Scott (2017-03-01). Composer Genealogies: A Compendium of Composers, Their Teachers, and Their Students. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN   9781442272255.
  3. ↑ "After Vassar - Music Department - Vassar College". music.vassar.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  4. ↑ "Genres: BMI Student Composer Award Winners". BMI.com. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  5. ↑ "Three Young Composers - Vassar, the Alumnae/i Quarterly". vq.vassar.edu. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
  6. ↑ Page, Tim (1986-06-08). "Music Notes; Facelift for a Valued Hall". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2018-03-02.
  7. ↑ "Composers". Yaddo. 2016-09-11. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  8. ↑ "Jonathan Elliott - Artist". MacDowell Colony. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  9. ↑ "NYC Composers, by Duo Montagnard at Symphony Space" . Retrieved 2018-03-02.
  10. ↑ "Chamber music concert set for Feb. 11 at Penn State Hazleton | Penn State University". news.psu.edu. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  11. ↑ JACKSON, KENT. "Duo entertains, ghost style". www.standardspeaker.com. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  12. ↑ "Saxophone & Guitar Masterclass with Duo Montagnard | Global Administrative and Travel Support | Duke". travel.duke.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  13. ↑ "Electric Earth Concerts presents "Peacocks" with pianist Molly Morkoski". Boston.com. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
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