Welcome to the website of Jonathan Wilson, a composer of contemporary music.
News and Upcoming Projects
-3 performances of part of "Love Songs Cycle" for Iowa Composers Forum Festival on 3 concerts:
1) Friday, September 20 at 7:30 PM at Ballantyne Auditorium, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, IA
2) Saturday, September 21 at 7:30 PM at Davis Hall, Northern Iowa University, Cedar Falls, IA
3) Sunday, September 22 at 3:00 PM at Galvin Arts Center, St Ambrose University, Davenport, IA
Old News
-Livestreamed performance of Memory Wheels for "Sound of Antropocene" between July 13 and August 30, 2024.
-Performance of Ingrained at NYCEMF in New York, NY on June 21, 2024 at 8:00 PM ET at The Loreto Theater.
-Performance of A Soundtrack Without Film in Memphis, TN on June 22, 2024 at 3:00 PM at Grace St. Luke's Episcopal Church.
-Performance of Epoxylips at ICMC in Seoul, South Korea on July 13, 2024 at 1:00 PM GMT+9 at Paiknam Concert Hall of Hanyang University.
-Performances of Epoxylips and Wolf by the Ear at CMMAS in Morelia, Mexico on Thursday, November 23, 2023 at 6:00 PM MT.
-Three performances of A Soundtrack Without Film, to be performed by the Luna Nova Ensemble on the following dates:
1) Friday, September 8, 2023 at 5:00 PM CT at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, IA
2) Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 7:00 PM CT at Porter House Museum in Decorah, IA
3) Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 3:00 PM CT at Cedar Rock House in Quasqueton, IA
-Performance of A Liar on a String, to be performed by Rocio Diaz de Cossio at NYCEMF on Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at 8:30 PM ET
-Performance of Epoxylips for tárogató, to be performed by Esther Lamneck at Seoul National University on Monday, Oct. 17, 2022 at 5:00 PM (GMT+9).
-Asian premiere of Epoxylips for tárogató, to be performed by Esther Lamneck at the Seoul International Computer Music Festival 2022, on Saturday, October 15, 2022 at Platform-L Contemporary Art Center, Seoul, South Korea.
-Ostinato Cornucopia is published by Heartland Marimba Publications, and can be found here: https://www.heartlandmarimbapublications.com/product/ostinato-cornucopia
-Livestream of Squeakeasy at 2022 SCI Online National Conference on Saturday, May 28 at 10:00 AM CST
-Performance of Squeakeasy by Andrew Gentzsch on Saturday, June 4 at 3:00 PM CST at Luther College, Noble Recital Hall
-World premiere of La Riviera delle Palme for orchestra on Sunday, June 5 at 3:00 PM CST at Luther College, Noble Recital Hall, to be performed by the Oneota Valley Community Orchestra under the direction of Matthew Cody.
-World premiere of Epoxylips for tárogató, to be performed by Esther Lamneck at NYCEMF, on Thursday, June 23, 2022 at 1:00 PM EST at The Loreto Theater, New York, NY
-Performances of "Ostinato Cornucopia" by Heartland Marimba at various locations during "The Galop Tour 2022":
1) April 23 - 1:00 PM, Blessed Virgin Mary SIsters Convent at Dubuque, IA
2) April 25 - 7:30 PM, St. Cloud State University, St Cloud, MN
3) April 27 - 7:30 PM, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
4) April 29 - 2:00 PM, Minot Day of Percussion at Minot State University, Minot, ND
-Inaugural performance of "Squeakeasy" at SEAMUS National Conference on April 1, 2022 at Western Michigan University at 1:00 PM CST
-Commission for Wagner tuba and piano - "Uncharted"
-World Premiere of "Sonatina in F" at "Iowa Composers Forum Concert - Piano Works for Students" on Sunday, January 30, 2022 at Saint Peter's Episcopal Church, Bettendorf, Iowa.
-World Premiere of "Squeakeasy" at NYCEMF on Friday, June 25, 2021 (digital festival)
-Multiple performances of "Ostinato Cornucopia" by Heartland Marimba:
1) Iowa Composers Forum Digital Summer Festival of New Music on Sunday, June 20, 2021 at 3:00 PM CST (digital festival)
2) Grace Presents Virtual Concert by the Heartland Marimba on Saturday, July 24, 2021 at 12:00 PM CST (digital festival)
3) Summer Masterworks (Virtual) Concerts - PART 2 - by Heartland Marimba on Friday, August 20, 2021 at 7:30 PM CST (digital festival)
-Performance of "Light Angle Sieve" at Iowa Composers Forum Digital Summer Festival of New Music on Friday, June 7, 2021 at 7:00 PM CST (digital festival)
-Performance of "Chimerique" at Iowa Composers Forum Digital Summer Festival of New Music on Saturday, August 29, 2020 (digital festival)
-Performance of "Rotations" at Iowa Composers Forum Digital Summer Festival of New Music on Friday, August 28, 2020 (digital festival)
-Performance of "Wolf by the Ear" at NYCEMF on Concert 9 in June 2020 (digital festival)
-Performance of "Wolf by the Ear" at Society of Composers, Inc. Region V Conference on Saturday, October 12, 2019 at Eastern Illinois University: Charleston, IL
-Performance of "A Chamber of Mouthpieces" at ICF Summer Festival of New Music on Friday, August 9, 2019 at Luther College, Decorah, IA
-Performance of "A Chamber of Mouthpieces" at ICMC-NYCEMF 2019 on Wed., June 19, 2019 at 8:00 PM at Loreto Theater (Sheen), New York City
-Two performances of "A Bittersweet Moment" at Iowa Composers Forum Festival on Thursday, October 4, 2018 at 7:30 PM at the Porter House Museum in Decorah, IA and Sunday, October 7, 2018 at 3:00 at the Montauk Historic Site in Clermont, IA
-Performance of "Prelude to Paper Dance" at NYCEMF on Saturday, July 21, 2018 at 4:00 PM at Abrons Art Center in New York City
-Performance of "Light Angle Sieve" at the SEAMUS National Conference on March 31, 2018 at the University of Oregon
-World premiere of "Ghosts Before Breakfast" on Saturday, February 10, 2017 at the University of Iowa
- 2 performances of "Chimerique"
1) Sunday, October 29, 2017 at 7:30 PM at Concert Hall, Voxman Music Building, University of Iowa, Iowa City
2) Saturday, November 8, 2017 at Midwest Composers Symposium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- World premiere of "Improvisation no. 2" at the Electronic Music Studios concert May 7, 2017 at the Voxman Music Building in Iowa City, IA
- performance of "Wolf by the Ear" at the Electronic Music Studios concert May 7, 2017 at the Voxman Music Building in Iowa City, IA
- World premiere of "Chimerique" for laptop orchestra and narrator on May 6, 2017 at the Voxman Music Building in Iowa City, IA
- World premiere of "Fruit of reflecting" on March 26, 2017 at 7:30 PM at the Concert Hall in the Voxman Building in Iowa City, IA
- Performance of "Wolf by the Ear" on March 24, 2017 at 8:00 PM at the High Ground Cafe in Iowa City, Iowa
- Performance of "Wolf by the Ear" on March 26, 2017 at 7:30 PM at the Concert Hall in the Voxman Music Building in Iowa City, Iowa
- Performance of "Wolf by the Ear" on April 21, 2017 at the 2017 SEAMUS National Conference in St. Cloud, Minnesota
- Performance of "Light Angle Sieve" at the 55th Ann Arbor Film Festival from March 21-26, 2017
- Performance of "Light Angle Sieve" for the event "Shimmer: The art of light" on February 10, 2017 at the Chapel Hill Orange County Visitors Bureau in Chapel Hill, NC from 6:00 to 10:00 PM
- Performances of "Wolf by the Ear" and "Ecesis" at the ICF Winter Festival of New Music on February 24, 2017 at 8:00 and 9:00 PM at the Luther Planetarium in Decorah, IA
-"Light Angle Sieve" selected as winner of Most Discussed Film at the Short Movie Club at Minsk, Belarus.
- World premiere of "Caladrius" for World AIDS Day on December 1, 2016 at the Old Capitol Museum in Iowa City.
- World premiere of all three movements of "Rotations" together on December 3, 2016 at 7:30 PM at Voxman Music Building, Concert Hall.
- Premiere of "Wolf by the ear" for fixed media and two dancers Sunday, September 4, 2016 at 7:30 PM at Voxman Music Building, Stark Opera Studio in Iowa City
- Premiere of "The First Gathering" for laptop orchestra and five poets: Laptop Orchestra of the University of Iowa Concert: April 23, 2016 at 7:30 PM at Riverside Recital Hall in Iowa City
- Upcoming performance of Rotations, movement III, at NYCEMF (June 19, 2016 in New York City)
- Upcoming performance of Rotations, movements II and III at the Western Illinois University New Music Festival in Macomb, IL: March 7 and 8, 2016.
- Upcoming performance of "Rotations III. 1080" at SEAMUS 2016 National Conference on Saturday, February 13, 2016 in Statesboro, GA.
- "Light Angle Sieve" accepted for the 38th Big Muddy Film Festival from February 23 to 28, 2016 at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.
- "Light Angle Sieve" performance on January 29, 2016 at High Ground Cafe for iHearIC in Iowa City.
- World premiere of "Wonders in Sapphires," for string quartet. Premiere date: February 20, 2016 in Iowa City for the ICF Spring Festival.
- "Light Angle Sieve" accepted for the international film festival "Experimental Superstars" in Novi Sad, Serbia: December 17-18, 2015.
- Sunday, December 13: World Premiere of "Light Angle Sieve" and "Rotations, Movement III. 1080" at University of Iowa Electronic Music Studios Concert
- "Slamming, Stretching, Striking", a work for fixed media, has been selected for the SEAMUS Electroacoustic Miniature 2015: Sonic Haiku CD.
- Two performances of "Pride and Perseverance": 1) November 3, 2015 at 8:00 PM at the Musical Arts Center at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana; 2) November 6, 2015 at 8:00 PM at Auer Hall at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana
- Collaboration with film student Timothy Orme, "Light Angle Sieve"
- Sunday, November 1, 2015 in Iowa City: Premiere of Movement II of "Rotations" for performer and live electronics
- 2 performances of "Love Songs Cycle" by Ann Cravero and Jessica Anderson for Iowa Composers Forum concerts in Cedar Rapids and Des Moines, IA on October 24 and October 25, 2015.
- Premiere of "The Wanderer", September 20, 2015 at Riverside Recital Hall
-World premiere of "Pride and Perseverance" on May 6, 2015 at 7:00 PM in Riverside Recital Hall at the University of Iowa
-2 performances of "Regeneration":
1) April 12 at 7:30 PM in Riverside Recital Hall at the University of Iowa
2) April 18, 2015 at 10:00 AM in UCC Recital Hall at the University of Iowa.
-Performance of "Textures in a Gradient Landscape" on April 11, 2015 at 7:30 PM in the Becker Communication Studies Building at the University of Iowa
-World premiere of "Veneration", narrator, and live electronics, April 10, 2015 at 7:30 PM in UCC Recital Hall at the University of Iowa
-Performance of "A Driving Figure" at 2015 SEAMUS National Conference, March 26-28
-World premiere of "Regeneration" by Donald Sinta Saxophone Quartet, December 12, 2014 at 8:00 PM EST at Kerrytown Concert House in Ann Arbor, Michigan
-3rd performance of "Laptop Quartet no. 1", December 13, 2014 at 7:30 PM CST at Riverside Recital Hall in Iowa City, Iowa
-World premiere of "Chimespace" for 8-channel tape, December 14, 2014 at 7:30 PM CST at Becker Communication Studies Building in Iowa City, Iowa
-Collaborative Performance "No Armistice" world premiere December 4–6, 2014 at Space Place Theater in North Hall at the University of Iowa in Iowa City
-September 1, 2014: "Regeneration" for saxophone quartet was selected as runner-up for the Donald Sinta 2014 National Composition Competition. World premiere by Donald Sinta Saxophone Quartet on December 12, 2014 at the Kerrytown Concert House in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
-November 13-15, 2014: Performance of "A Chamber of Mouthpieces" at Electroacoustic Barn Dance Festival at the University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, Virginia
-November 11, 2014: 3rd performance of "A Dram of War" in Iowa City
-November 9, 2014: 2nd performances of "A Dram of War" and "gap fill" for clarinet in Iowa City
-November 8, 2014: 2nd performance of Laptop Quartet no. 1 for iHearIC in Iowa City, IA
-November 7, 2014: Two world premieres of live electronic works: Laptop Quartet no. 1 and "A Dram of War" for the Obermann Symposium in Iowa City, IA
-Saturday, October 4, 2014 at 7:30 PM: Premiere of part of "Love Songs" cycle in Cedar Rapids, IA for Iowa Composers Forum
-Working on the "Love Songs" song cycle with text from the American poet Sara Teasdale
-Working on a new string quartet
-Commission from Iowa Music Teachers Association for new clarinet and piano piece: premiere on June 1, 2014 at Des Moines, IA
-Working on a composition with the concept: "You are in a maze of intertwining sections filled with ringing bells, all different."
-Premiere of solo clarinet piece "gapfill" at the Iowa New Music Festival in Iowa City, IA on February 15, 2013.
-Premiere of "Ecesis" at the University of Iowa Electronic Music Studios Concert in Iowa City, IA on December 15, 2013.
-Performance of "Knells for a memory of cold serenity" at the Midwest Composers Symposium in Ann Arbor, MI on November 15, 2013.
-Premiere of "Night Pieces for Piano" at Cedar Rapids, IA for the Iowa Composers Forum on October 5, 2013.
-Premiere of "String-streamed, Wind-wreathed" for the 24+24 Hour Composition Festival in Iowa City, IA on September 15, 2013.
-October 6, 2012: Performance of "Knells for a memory of cold serenity" at Cedar Rapids, IA for the Iowa Composers Forum 25th Anniversary Concert.
-Master's Thesis on "Knells for a memory of cold serenity" is published.
-March 6, 2012: "Knells for a memory of cold serenity" will be performed for the WIU New Music Festival. The composer will also be giving a presentation of the piece early that same morning.
-March 3, 2012: Premiere of "...a misfortune that was irremediable" for orchestra by Western Illinois University Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Dr. Richard Hughey.
-November 29, 2011 - Premiere performance of "Fire on the Indian Trail" for flute and alto saxophone.
-November 29, 2011 - Premiere performance of Master's Thesis: entitled, "Knells for a memory of cold serenity."
-Arrangement of "Star-Spangeled Banner" for the musical "The Secret Garden" in Springfield, IL - June 24-26, 2011; and July 1-3, 2011.