Concerts
Ghosts Before Breakfast - (2018) = ~15:30
Sinfonietta and 2-channel fixed media
Date: February 10, 2018 at 7:30 PM
Location: Concert Hall, Voxman Music Building, Iowa City, IA
Event: Iowa Composers Forum Festival
Performers: University of Iowa Center for New Music
Zachary Stanton, conductor
Prelude to Paper Dance - (2017) = 9:40
8-channel fixed media
1) Date: December 9, 2017 at 7:30 PM
Location: Stark Opera Studio, Voxman Music Building, Iowa City, IA
Event: University of Iowa Electronic Music Studios Concert
2) Date: July 21, 2018 at 4:00 PM
Location: Experimental Theater, Abrons Art Center, New York, New York
Event: New York City Electronic Music Festival (NYCEMF)
A Bittersweet Moment - (2017) ~3:00
solo piano
1. Date: September 17, 2017 at 7:30 PM
Location: Concert Hall, Voxman Music Building, Iowa City, IA
Event: 24+24 Hour Concert
Performer: Hongwei Cai, piano
2. Date: October 4, 2018 at 7:30 PM
Location: Porter House Museum, Decorah, IA
Event: Iowa Composers Forum Festival
Performer: Ashlee Mack, piano
3. Date: October 7, 2018 at 3:00 PM
Location: Montauk Historic Site, Clermont, IA
Event: Iowa Composers Forum Festival
Performer: Ashlee Mack, piano
Improvisation no. 2 - (2017) = 11:00
tenor saxophone, ARP 2600 Synthesizer, Buchla Music Easel, and 8-channel live electronics
Date: May 7, 2017 at 7:30 PM
Location: Stark Opera Studio, Voxman Music Building, Iowa City, IA
Event: Electronic Music Studios Concert
Performer: Jonathan Wilson, tenor saxophone, ARP 2600, and Buchla Music Easel
Chimerique - (2017) = ~8:30
laptop orchestra and narrator
1) Date: May 6, 2017 at 7:30 PM
Location: Stark Opera Studio, Voxman Music Building, Iowa City, IA
Event: University of Iowa Laptop Orchestra Concert
Performers: Joseph Norman, Jacob Simmons, Kris Peysen, guitar; Andrew Willette, violin; Carlos Toro Tobon, Buchla Music Easel;
Patricia Hartland, narrator; Jonathan Wilson, conductor
2) Date: October 29, 2017 at 7:30 PM
Location: Concert Hall, Voxman Music Building, Iowa City, IA
Event: Composers Workshop Concert
Performers: Joseph Norman, guitar; Andrew Willette, violin; Will Yager, double bass; Carlos Toro Tobon, Buchla Music Easel;
Jonathan Wilson, narrator
3) Date: November 11, 2017 at 1:30 PM
Location: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Event: Midwest Composers Symposium
Performers: Joseph Norman, Jacob Simmons, guitar; Andrew Willette, violin; Will Yager, double bass; Carlos Toro Tobon, Buchla Music Easel;
Jonathan Wilson, narrator
Fruit of reflecting - (2014) = ~7:00
bassoon, piano, and fixed media
Date: March 26, 2017 at 7:30 PM
Location: Concert Hall, Voxman Music Building, Iowa City, IA
Event: University of Iowa Composers Workshop
Performers: Cesar Torres, bassoon; Hongwei Cai, piano
Caladrius - (2016) = 8:33:33
(music by Jonathan Wilson and Joseph Norman)
Date: December 1, 2016 (7:15 AM - 5:45 PM)
Location: Old Capitol Museum, Iowa City, IA
Event: World AIDS Day
Wolf by the Ear - (2016) = 5:47
1) Date: September 4, 2016 at 7:30 PM
Location: Stark Opera Studio, Voxman Music Building, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Event: 24+24 Hour Concert
Performers: Blake Bozy and Courtney Fleming, dancers
2) Date: February 24, 2017 at 8:00 PM and 9:00 PM
Location: Luther Planetarium, Luther College, Decorah, IA
Event: Iowa Composers Forum (ICF) Winter Festival of New Music
3) Date: March 24, 2017 at 8:00 PM
Location: High Ground Cafe, Iowa City, IA
Event: iHearIC
4) Date: March 26, 2017 at 7:30 PM
Location: Concert Hall, Voxman Music Building, Iowa City, IA
Event: University of Iowa Composers Workshop
5) Date: April 21, 2017 at 9:30 AM
Location: St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, ME
Event: SEAMUS 2017 National Conference
6) Date: May 7, 2017 at 7:30 PM
Location: Stark Opera Studio, Voxman Music Building, Iowa City, IA
Event: Electronic Music Studios Concert
Improvisation no. 1 - (2016) = ~10:00
Date: May 7, 2016 at 7:30 PM
Location: 101 Becker Communication Studies Building, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Event: Electronic Music Studios Concert
Performer: Jonathan Wilson, Serge Synthesizer
Slamming, Stretching, Striking - (2015) = 2:22
Date: May 7, 2016 at 7:30 PM
Location: 101 Becker Communication Studies Building, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Event: Electronic Music Studios Concert
The First Gathering - (2016) = ~15:00
Date: April 23, 2016 at 7:30 PM
Location: Riverside Recital Hall, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Event: Laptop Orchestra of the University of Iowa Concert
Performers: Carlos Toro, Ezra Graber, Joseph Norman, Jacob Simmons, Jonathan Wilson, laptop performers; Patricia Hartland, Hodna Nuernberg,
Amirah Rammah, Nicholas Theisen, Kelsi Vanada, poets; Christopher Jette, conductor
Wonders in Sapphires - (2016) = ~7:00
Date: February 20, 2016 at 7:30 PM
Location: Riverside Recital Hall, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Event: ICF Spring Festival
Performers: John Schultz and Lara Celeghin, violins; Andrew Steffen, viola; Andrew Stern, cello
Light Angle Sieve - (2015) = 6:40
Timothy Orme, cinematography
1) Date: December 13, 2015 at 7:30 PM
Location: 101 Becker Communication Studies Building, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Event: Electronic Music Studios Concert
2) Date: December 18, 2015
Location: Novi Sad, Serbia
Event: Experimental Superstars International Film Festival (from December 17 to 18)
3) Date: January 29, 2016
Location: High Ground Cafe, Iowa City, IA
Event: iHearIC
4) Date: February 23-28, 2016
Location: Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Event: 38th Big Muddy Film Festival
5) Date: March 4, 2016
Location: University of Regina, Regina, Canada
Event: 29th Living Skies Student Film Festival
6) Date: April 2, 2016
Location: National Centre of Contemporary Arts, Minsk, Belarus
Event: Short Movie Club (awarded most discussed film)
7) Date: April 23, 2016
Location: Osnabrück, Germany
Event: European Media Art Festival
8) Date: June 3, 2016
Location: Durham, NC
Event: UNEXPOSED Microcinema
9) Date: June 10, 2016
Location: Durham, NC
Event: UNEXPOSED Microcinema
10) Date: September 5-7, 2016
Location: The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio
Event: Blue Sky International Animation Festival
11) Date: September 12-18, 2016
Location: Toronto, Canada
Event: Toronto Film Week
12) Date: November 28, 2016
Location: Athens, Greece
Event: 2nd Animation Marathon
13) Date: December 12, 2016
Location: Theater Wit, Chicago, Illinois
Event: Avant Edge Film Festival
14) Date: February 10, 2017 from 6:00 to 10:00 PM
Location: Chapel Hill Orange County Visitors Bureau, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Event: Shimmer: The art of light
15) Date: March 22, 2017 at 5:15 PM
Location: Main Auditorium, Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Event: 55th Ann Arbor Film Festival
16) Date: June 24, 2017
Location: Toronto, Canada
Event: Eye Myth Film Festival
17) Date: July 2017
Location: Lincoln, Nebraska
Event: The Cube Art Project
18) Date: October 24-29, 2017
Location: Jihlava, Czech Republic
Event: Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
19) Date: March 31, 2018
Location: University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Event: SEAMUS National Conference
The Wanderer - (2015) = 3:24
Date: September 18, 2015 at 7:30 PM
Location: Riverside Recital Hall, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Event: 24+24 Hour Concert
Julia Wolfe, visual artist
Rotations - (2015) = ~30:00 (total duration for all three movements)
1) Date: May 9, 2015 at 7:30 PM
Location: Becker Communication Studies Building, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Event: EMS Spring Concert II
Note: This was a partial premiere of the piece and should not be considered officially a world premiere of the entire work.
2) Date: November 1, 2015 at 7:30 PM
Location: Riverside Recital Hall, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Event: UI Composers Workshop, Concert III
Note: This was a partial premiere of the piece and should not be considered officially a world premiere of the entire work.
Performer: Jonathan Wilson
3) Date: December 13, 2015 at 7:30 PM
Location: 101 Becker Communication Studies Building, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Event: Electronic Music Studios Concert
Note: This was a partial premiere of the piece and should not be considered officially a world premiere of the entire work.
Performer: Jonathan Wilson
4) Date: February 13, 2016
Location: Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
Event: SEAMUS 2016 National Conference
Performer: Jonathan Wilson
5) Date: March 7 and 8, 2016
Location: COFAC Recital Hall, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL
Event: WIU 30th New Music Festival
Performer: Jonathan Wilson
6) Date: June 19, 2016
Location: Abron Arts Playhouse, Abron Arts Center, New York City, NY
Event: New York City Electronic Music Festival 2016
Performer: Jonathan Wilson
7) Date: August 31 - September 3, 2016
Location: FAW, Hamburg, Germany
Event: Sound and Music Computing Conference 2016
8) Date: December 3, 2016
Location: Concert Hall, Voxman Music Building, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Event: Electronic Music Studios Concert
Performer: Jonathan Wilson
Note: This was the world premiere of the entire work.
Pride and Perseverance - (2015) = ~6:51
1) Date: May 6, 2015 at 7:00 PM
Location: Riverside Recital Hall, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Event: Chamber Winds Concert
Carl Rowles, conductor
2) Date: November 3, 2015 at 8:00 PM
Location: Musical Arts Center, University of Indiana, Bloomington, IN
Event: Wind Ensemble Concert
Stephen Pratt, conductor
3) Date: November 6, 2015 at 8:00 PM
Location: Auer Hall, University of Indiana, Bloomington, IN
Event: Midwest Composers Symposium, Concert I
Stephen Pratt, conductor
Veneration (aka "Vibrant by Windy Storm") - (2015)
Date: April 10, 2015 at 7:30 PM
Location: UCC Recital Hall, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Event: LOUi Concert
Jeiran Hasan, flute
Jonathan Wilson, narrator
Chimespace - (2013-4) = ~9:40
Date: December 14, 2014 at 7:30 PM
Location: Becker Communication Studies Building, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Event: University of Iowa Electronic Music Studios Concert
Dram of War - (2014) = ~5:00
(music by Jonathan Wilson and Joseph Norman)
1) Date: November 7, 2014 at 8:00 PM
Location: UCC Recital Hall, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Event: Obermann Working Symposium
Joseph Norman and Jonathan Wilson, laptops
Jacoby Clingman and Jacob Hicks, actors
2) Date: November 9, 2014
Location: University of Iowa Main Library, Iowa City, IA
Event: Healing Wars Pop-up Museum
Joseph Norman and Jonathan Wilson, laptops
Jacoby Clingman and Jacob Hicks, actors
3) Date: November 11, 2014
Joseph Norman and Jonathan Wilson, laptops
Jacoby Clingman and Jacob Hicks, actors
Location: University of Iowa Main Library, Iowa City, IA
Event: Healing Wars Pop-up Museum
Joseph Norman and Jonathan Wilson, laptops
Jacoby Clingman and Jacob Hicks, actors
Laptop Quartet no. 1 - (2014) = ~5:04
Date: 1) November 7, 2014 at 8:00 PM
Location: UCC Recital Hall, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Event: Obermann Working Symposium
Jonah Elrod, Jonathan Wilson, Paul Duffy, and Joseph Norman, laptops
Date: 2) November 8, 2014 at 8:00 PM
Location: FairGrounds Coffeehouse, Iowa City, IA
Event: iHearIC
Jonathan Wilson, Andy Thierauf, Paul Duffy, and Joseph Norman, laptops
Date: 3) December 13, 2014 at 7:30 PM
Location: Riverside Recital Hall, Iowa City, IA
Event: University of Iowa Laptop Orchestra Concert, Iowa City, IA
Jonah Elrod, Jonathan Wilson, Paul Duffy, and Joseph Norman, laptops
Regeneration - (2014) = ~6:15
Date: 1) December 12, 2014 at 8:00 PM
Location: Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor, MI
Event: The Donald Sinta Quartet
Dan Graser, soprano saxophone
Zach Stern, alto saxophone
Joe Girard, tenor saxophone
Danny Hawthorne-Foss, baritone saxophone
Date: 2) April 12, 2015 at 7:30 PM
Location: Riverside Recital Hall, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Event: Composers Workshop
John Cummins, soprano saxophone
Matthew Mahaffey, alto saxophone
Elena Pedersen, tenor saxophone
James Skretta, baritone saxophone
Date: 3) April 18, 2015 at 10:00 AM
Location: UCC Recital Hall, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Event: Sixth Annual Exchange, Midwest Collegiate Composers, Session II Concert
John Cummins, soprano saxophone
Matthew Mahaffey, alto saxophone
Elena Pedersen, tenor saxophone
James Skretta, baritone saxophone
A Driving Figure - (2014) = 5:10
Date: 1) October 12, 2014
Location: Old Capitol Building, Iowa City, IA
Event: 24+24 Hour Composition Festival
Ellie Goudie-Averill, dancer
Victoria Lawrence, choreographer and film
Date: 2) March 26-28, 2015
Location: Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA
Event: 2015 SEAMUS National Conference
Ellie Goudie-Averill, dancer
Victoria Lawrence, choreographer and film
The Laughing Crane's Lament - (2014) = ~10:30
Date: October 6, 2014
Location: Riverside Recital Hall, Iowa City, IA
Event: University of Iowa Center for New Music Concert IV, The JACK Quartet
Christopher Otto, violin I
Ari Streisfeld, violin II
John Pickford Richards, viola
Kevin McFarland, cello
Love Songs Cycle - (2014) = ~20:00
1) Date: October 4, 2014*
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Event: Iowa Composers Forum Concert
Lisa Neher, mezzo-soprano
Christine Tithecott, piano
*Note: This performance is not a premiere of the entire song cycle.
Performed nos. 1, 4, 7, and 8
2) Date: October 24, 2015*
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Event: Iowa Composers Forum Concert
Ann Cravero, mezzo-soprano
Jessica Anderson, piano
*Note: This performance is not a premiere of the entire song cycle.
Performed nos. 1-7
3) Date: October 25, 2015
Location: Des Moines Social Club, Des Moines, Iowa
Event: Iowa Composers Forum Concert
Ann Cravero, mezzo-soprano
Jessica Anderson, piano
Performed nos. 1-7
Sonata Petite no. 2 - (2014) = ~5:30
Date: June 1, 2014
Location: Des Moines, IA
Event: 2014 Iowa Music Teacher's Association State Conference
Lisa Wissenberg, clarinet
Christine Tithecott, piano
Gapfill - (2013) = ~6:30
1) Date: February 15, 2014
Location: Iowa City, IA
Event: 2014 Iowa Composers Forum Festival
Lisa Wissenberg, clarinet
2) Date: November 9, 2014 at 7:30 PM
Location: Riverside Recital Hall, Iowa City, IA
Event: University of Iowa Composers Workshop
Thiago Ancelmo de Souza, clarinet
Ecesis - (2013) = 5:00
1 ) Date: December 15, 2013
Location: Iowa City, IA
Event: University of Iowa Electronic Music Studios Concert
2) Date: February 21-2, 2014
Location: Southern Georgia University: Statesboro, Georgia
Event: 2014 National Student Electronic Music Event
3) Date: February 24, 2017 at 8:00 PM and 9:00 PM
Location: Luther Planetarium, Luther College, Decorah, IA
Event: Iowa Composers Forum (ICF) Winter Festival of New Music
Night Pieces for Piano* – (2012) = ~12:00
Date: October 5, 2013
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Event: Iowa Composers Forum Concert
Christine Tithecott, piano
*Note: Premiere of Movements II, III, and IV only
String-streamed, Wind-wreathed – (2013) = ~ 3:30
Date: September 15, 2013
Location: Iowa City, Iowa
Event: 24+24 Hour Composition Festival
Lucy Lewis, violin
Timothy Hsu, violin
Amanda Lyon, flute
…a misfortune that was irremediable – (2011) = ~ 10:30
Date: March 2, 2012
Location: Macomb, Illinois
Event: WIU Concerto Competition Winner’s Concert
WIU Symphony Orchestra
Dr. Richard Hughey, conductor
Knells for a memory of cold serenity – (2011) = 9:10
1) Date: November 29, 2011
Location: Macomb, IL
Event: WIU Student Composer’s Convocation (Original version)
Marina Nir, flute
David Vrablic, clarinet
Nick Grimberg, percussion
Minjung Seo, piano
Minoru Ueda, violin
Eli Roth, cello
Jonathan Wilson, conductor
2) Date: March 6, 2012
Location: Macomb, IL
Event: WIU New Music Festival (Revised version)
Jennifer Baker-Lord, flute
David Vrablic, clarinet
Nick Grimberg, percussion
Minjung Seo, piano
Minoru Ueda, violin
Charles Spurgeon, cello
Jonathan Wilson, conductor
3) Date: October 6, 2012
Location: Cedar Rapids, IA
Event: Iowa Composers Forum 25th Anniversary Celebration (Revised version)
Jennifer Baker-Lord, flute
Lisa Wissenberg, clarinet
Nick Grimberg, percussion
Julia Titus, piano
Beth Hoffman, violin
Charles Spurgeon, cello
Jonathan Wilson, conductor
4) Date: November 15, 2013
Location: Cedar Rapids, IA
Event: Midwest Composers Symposium (Revised version)
Contemporary Directions Ensemble at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Hannah Weiss, flute
Anna Darnell, clarinet
Dylan Greene, percussion
Matthew Bridgham, piano
Adrianne Pope, violin
Alexander Berry, cello
Christopher James Lees, conductor
Fire on the Indian Trail – (2011) = ~ 4:30
Date: November 29, 2011
Location: Macomb, IL
Event: Jennifer Lord Baker’s Graduate Flute Recital
Jennifer Baker Lord, flute
Meredith Roche, alto saxophone
The Star-Spangled Banner – (arr. 2011) = 1:16
Composed by John Stafford Smith/Lyrics by Francis Scott Key
Arranged by Jonathan Wilson
Date: June 25-27, 2011 & July 1-3, 2011
Location: New Salem National Historic Site, Petersburg, Illinois
Event: Performed for the musical "The Secret Garden."
Pit orchestra
Zac Clemens, conductor
Blue and Silver, Queens College Alma Mater (arr. 2011) = 0:46
Composed by Joel Mandelbaum
Arranged by Jonathan Wilson
Date: April 30, 2011
Location: Macomb, Illinois
Event: 44th Annual WIU “President’s Concert”
WIU Wind Ensemble
Conducted by Jonathan Wilson
Dr. Mike Fansler, director of WIU Bands
Textures in a Gradient Landscape (2011) = 8:15
1) Date: March 8, 2011
Location: Macomb, IL
Event: WIU New Music Festival Concert II (Original version)
Jonathan Wilson, alto saxophone
2) Date: April 26, 2011
Location: Macomb, IL
Event: WIU Student Composer’s Convocation (Revised version)
Jonathan Wilson, alto saxophone
3) Date: April 11, 2015 at 7:30 PM
Location: Becker Communication Studies Building, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Event: Concert XV, Electronic Music Studios (Revised version)
Jonathan Wilson, alto saxophone
Aria allegra from Produzione Armoniche no. 27 (2011) = 2:24
Composed by Antonia Padonai Bembo/Transcribed by Jonathan Wilson
Date: March 3, 2011
Location: Macomb, IL
Event: Western Illinois University’s “A Celebration of Women in Music”
Katelyn Kratz, soprano
Roderick Sharpe, piano
The Imperfect World (2010) = ~ 4:00
Date: May 4, 2010
Location: Macomb, IL
Event: WIU Student Composer’s Convocation
Anna Smith, piano
Ypsilanti to Detroit (2010) = 7:00
Date: April 17, 2010
Location: Macomb, IL
Event: WIU Jazz Composer’s Concert
WIU Jazz Studio Orchestra
Dr. John Cooper, conductor
A Chamber of Mouthpieces (2010) = 5:35
1) Date: March 10, 2010
Location: Macomb, IL
Event: WIU 2010 New Music Festival Composer’s Workshop
2) Date: April 5, 2014
Location: Iowa City, IA
Event: University of Iowa Electronic Music Studios Concert
3) Date: November 14, 2014
Location: University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA
Event: Electroacoustic Barn Dance Festival
4) Date: June 19, 2019
Location: Loreto Theater (Sheen), New York University, New York, NY
Event: ICMC-NYCEMF 2019
More Saxophone! (2009) = 4:53
Date: December 7, 2009: Western Illinois University Jazz Studio Orchestra
Location: Macomb, IL
Event: Sight-reading performance as a requirement of MUS 387 – Jazz Composition I
WIU Jazz Studio Orchestra
Dr. John Cooper, conductor
Sequenzas for Flute (2009) = 5:38
1) Date: December 8, 2009: WIU Student Composer’s Convocation
Location: Macomb, IL
Event: WIU Student Composer’s Convocation
Karen Sanders, flute
2) Date: March 10, 2010
Location: Macomb, IL
Event: WIU New Music Festival Composer’s Workshop
Karen Sanders, flute
Haiku Poem Cycle* (2009) = ~7:25
1) Date: March 11, 2009
Location: Macomb, IL
Event: New Music Festival Composer’s Workshop
Katie Gansel, soprano
Ethan Ivey, piano
2) Date: April 28, 2009
Location: Macomb, IL
Event: WIU Student Composer’s Convocation
Katelyn Kratz, piano
Ethan Ivey, piano
*Note: Both performances were only of the first two movements.
String Quartet no. 1 in B Major* (2009) = 24:25
Date: March 12, 2009
Location: Macomb, IL
Event: Robert Palmer’s Senior Composition Recital
Alise Svoboda, violin
Christine Pappalardo, violin
Renee Douglas, viola
Aamil Suleiman, cello
*Note: Premiered the second movement only
Trio for Oboe, Clarinet, and Piano* (2008) = 8:00
1) Date: December 9, 2008
Location: Macomb, IL
Event: WIU Student Composer’s Convocation
Kylie Crawford, oboe
Yvonne Dean, clarinet
Patrick Downing, piano
2) Date: March 12, 2009
Location: Macomb, IL
Event: Robert Palmer’s Senior Composition Recital
Kylie Crawford, oboe
Yvonne Dean, clarinet
Nicole Peters, piano
*Note: Both performances of the second movement only
Trio for Clarinet, Saxophone, and Cello* (2008) = ~8:00
Date: April 29, 2008
Location: Macomb, IL
Event: WIU Student Composer’s Convocation
Yvonne Dean, clarinet
Meredith Roche, alto saxophone
Pablo Tinajero, cello
*Note: Premiered 1st movement only
Reminiscence of the Bel Esprit (2007, revised in 2008) = ~4:00
1) Date: November 27, 2007
Location: Macomb, IL
Event: WIU Student Composer’s Convocation
Alysse Hunter, (née Anderson), flute
2) Date: March 5, 2008
Location: Macomb, IL
Event: WIU New Music Festival Composer’s Workshop
Alysse Hunter, (née Anderson), flute
Ghosts Before Breakfast - (2018) = ~15:30
Sinfonietta and 2-channel fixed media
Date: February 10, 2018 at 7:30 PM
Location: Concert Hall, Voxman Music Building, Iowa City, IA
Event: Iowa Composers Forum Festival
Performers: University of Iowa Center for New Music
Zachary Stanton, conductor
Prelude to Paper Dance - (2017) = 9:40
8-channel fixed media
1) Date: December 9, 2017 at 7:30 PM
Location: Stark Opera Studio, Voxman Music Building, Iowa City, IA
Event: University of Iowa Electronic Music Studios Concert
2) Date: July 21, 2018 at 4:00 PM
Location: Experimental Theater, Abrons Art Center, New York, New York
Event: New York City Electronic Music Festival (NYCEMF)
A Bittersweet Moment - (2017) ~3:00
solo piano
1. Date: September 17, 2017 at 7:30 PM
Location: Concert Hall, Voxman Music Building, Iowa City, IA
Event: 24+24 Hour Concert
Performer: Hongwei Cai, piano
2. Date: October 4, 2018 at 7:30 PM
Location: Porter House Museum, Decorah, IA
Event: Iowa Composers Forum Festival
Performer: Ashlee Mack, piano
3. Date: October 7, 2018 at 3:00 PM
Location: Montauk Historic Site, Clermont, IA
Event: Iowa Composers Forum Festival
Performer: Ashlee Mack, piano
Improvisation no. 2 - (2017) = 11:00
tenor saxophone, ARP 2600 Synthesizer, Buchla Music Easel, and 8-channel live electronics
Date: May 7, 2017 at 7:30 PM
Location: Stark Opera Studio, Voxman Music Building, Iowa City, IA
Event: Electronic Music Studios Concert
Performer: Jonathan Wilson, tenor saxophone, ARP 2600, and Buchla Music Easel
Chimerique - (2017) = ~8:30
laptop orchestra and narrator
1) Date: May 6, 2017 at 7:30 PM
Location: Stark Opera Studio, Voxman Music Building, Iowa City, IA
Event: University of Iowa Laptop Orchestra Concert
Performers: Joseph Norman, Jacob Simmons, Kris Peysen, guitar; Andrew Willette, violin; Carlos Toro Tobon, Buchla Music Easel;
Patricia Hartland, narrator; Jonathan Wilson, conductor
2) Date: October 29, 2017 at 7:30 PM
Location: Concert Hall, Voxman Music Building, Iowa City, IA
Event: Composers Workshop Concert
Performers: Joseph Norman, guitar; Andrew Willette, violin; Will Yager, double bass; Carlos Toro Tobon, Buchla Music Easel;
Jonathan Wilson, narrator
3) Date: November 11, 2017 at 1:30 PM
Location: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Event: Midwest Composers Symposium
Performers: Joseph Norman, Jacob Simmons, guitar; Andrew Willette, violin; Will Yager, double bass; Carlos Toro Tobon, Buchla Music Easel;
Jonathan Wilson, narrator
Fruit of reflecting - (2014) = ~7:00
bassoon, piano, and fixed media
Date: March 26, 2017 at 7:30 PM
Location: Concert Hall, Voxman Music Building, Iowa City, IA
Event: University of Iowa Composers Workshop
Performers: Cesar Torres, bassoon; Hongwei Cai, piano
Caladrius - (2016) = 8:33:33
(music by Jonathan Wilson and Joseph Norman)
Date: December 1, 2016 (7:15 AM - 5:45 PM)
Location: Old Capitol Museum, Iowa City, IA
Event: World AIDS Day
Wolf by the Ear - (2016) = 5:47
1) Date: September 4, 2016 at 7:30 PM
Location: Stark Opera Studio, Voxman Music Building, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Event: 24+24 Hour Concert
Performers: Blake Bozy and Courtney Fleming, dancers
2) Date: February 24, 2017 at 8:00 PM and 9:00 PM
Location: Luther Planetarium, Luther College, Decorah, IA
Event: Iowa Composers Forum (ICF) Winter Festival of New Music
3) Date: March 24, 2017 at 8:00 PM
Location: High Ground Cafe, Iowa City, IA
Event: iHearIC
4) Date: March 26, 2017 at 7:30 PM
Location: Concert Hall, Voxman Music Building, Iowa City, IA
Event: University of Iowa Composers Workshop
5) Date: April 21, 2017 at 9:30 AM
Location: St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, ME
Event: SEAMUS 2017 National Conference
6) Date: May 7, 2017 at 7:30 PM
Location: Stark Opera Studio, Voxman Music Building, Iowa City, IA
Event: Electronic Music Studios Concert
Improvisation no. 1 - (2016) = ~10:00
Date: May 7, 2016 at 7:30 PM
Location: 101 Becker Communication Studies Building, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Event: Electronic Music Studios Concert
Performer: Jonathan Wilson, Serge Synthesizer
Slamming, Stretching, Striking - (2015) = 2:22
Date: May 7, 2016 at 7:30 PM
Location: 101 Becker Communication Studies Building, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Event: Electronic Music Studios Concert
The First Gathering - (2016) = ~15:00
Date: April 23, 2016 at 7:30 PM
Location: Riverside Recital Hall, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Event: Laptop Orchestra of the University of Iowa Concert
Performers: Carlos Toro, Ezra Graber, Joseph Norman, Jacob Simmons, Jonathan Wilson, laptop performers; Patricia Hartland, Hodna Nuernberg,
Amirah Rammah, Nicholas Theisen, Kelsi Vanada, poets; Christopher Jette, conductor
Wonders in Sapphires - (2016) = ~7:00
Date: February 20, 2016 at 7:30 PM
Location: Riverside Recital Hall, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Event: ICF Spring Festival
Performers: John Schultz and Lara Celeghin, violins; Andrew Steffen, viola; Andrew Stern, cello
Light Angle Sieve - (2015) = 6:40
Timothy Orme, cinematography
1) Date: December 13, 2015 at 7:30 PM
Location: 101 Becker Communication Studies Building, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Event: Electronic Music Studios Concert
2) Date: December 18, 2015
Location: Novi Sad, Serbia
Event: Experimental Superstars International Film Festival (from December 17 to 18)
3) Date: January 29, 2016
Location: High Ground Cafe, Iowa City, IA
Event: iHearIC
4) Date: February 23-28, 2016
Location: Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Event: 38th Big Muddy Film Festival
5) Date: March 4, 2016
Location: University of Regina, Regina, Canada
Event: 29th Living Skies Student Film Festival
6) Date: April 2, 2016
Location: National Centre of Contemporary Arts, Minsk, Belarus
Event: Short Movie Club (awarded most discussed film)
7) Date: April 23, 2016
Location: Osnabrück, Germany
Event: European Media Art Festival
8) Date: June 3, 2016
Location: Durham, NC
Event: UNEXPOSED Microcinema
9) Date: June 10, 2016
Location: Durham, NC
Event: UNEXPOSED Microcinema
10) Date: September 5-7, 2016
Location: The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio
Event: Blue Sky International Animation Festival
11) Date: September 12-18, 2016
Location: Toronto, Canada
Event: Toronto Film Week
12) Date: November 28, 2016
Location: Athens, Greece
Event: 2nd Animation Marathon
13) Date: December 12, 2016
Location: Theater Wit, Chicago, Illinois
Event: Avant Edge Film Festival
14) Date: February 10, 2017 from 6:00 to 10:00 PM
Location: Chapel Hill Orange County Visitors Bureau, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Event: Shimmer: The art of light
15) Date: March 22, 2017 at 5:15 PM
Location: Main Auditorium, Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Event: 55th Ann Arbor Film Festival
16) Date: June 24, 2017
Location: Toronto, Canada
Event: Eye Myth Film Festival
17) Date: July 2017
Location: Lincoln, Nebraska
Event: The Cube Art Project
18) Date: October 24-29, 2017
Location: Jihlava, Czech Republic
Event: Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
19) Date: March 31, 2018
Location: University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Event: SEAMUS National Conference
The Wanderer - (2015) = 3:24
Date: September 18, 2015 at 7:30 PM
Location: Riverside Recital Hall, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Event: 24+24 Hour Concert
Julia Wolfe, visual artist
Rotations - (2015) = ~30:00 (total duration for all three movements)
1) Date: May 9, 2015 at 7:30 PM
Location: Becker Communication Studies Building, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Event: EMS Spring Concert II
Note: This was a partial premiere of the piece and should not be considered officially a world premiere of the entire work.
2) Date: November 1, 2015 at 7:30 PM
Location: Riverside Recital Hall, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Event: UI Composers Workshop, Concert III
Note: This was a partial premiere of the piece and should not be considered officially a world premiere of the entire work.
Performer: Jonathan Wilson
3) Date: December 13, 2015 at 7:30 PM
Location: 101 Becker Communication Studies Building, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Event: Electronic Music Studios Concert
Note: This was a partial premiere of the piece and should not be considered officially a world premiere of the entire work.
Performer: Jonathan Wilson
4) Date: February 13, 2016
Location: Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
Event: SEAMUS 2016 National Conference
Performer: Jonathan Wilson
5) Date: March 7 and 8, 2016
Location: COFAC Recital Hall, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL
Event: WIU 30th New Music Festival
Performer: Jonathan Wilson
6) Date: June 19, 2016
Location: Abron Arts Playhouse, Abron Arts Center, New York City, NY
Event: New York City Electronic Music Festival 2016
Performer: Jonathan Wilson
7) Date: August 31 - September 3, 2016
Location: FAW, Hamburg, Germany
Event: Sound and Music Computing Conference 2016
8) Date: December 3, 2016
Location: Concert Hall, Voxman Music Building, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Event: Electronic Music Studios Concert
Performer: Jonathan Wilson
Note: This was the world premiere of the entire work.
Pride and Perseverance - (2015) = ~6:51
1) Date: May 6, 2015 at 7:00 PM
Location: Riverside Recital Hall, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Event: Chamber Winds Concert
Carl Rowles, conductor
2) Date: November 3, 2015 at 8:00 PM
Location: Musical Arts Center, University of Indiana, Bloomington, IN
Event: Wind Ensemble Concert
Stephen Pratt, conductor
3) Date: November 6, 2015 at 8:00 PM
Location: Auer Hall, University of Indiana, Bloomington, IN
Event: Midwest Composers Symposium, Concert I
Stephen Pratt, conductor
Veneration (aka "Vibrant by Windy Storm") - (2015)
Date: April 10, 2015 at 7:30 PM
Location: UCC Recital Hall, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Event: LOUi Concert
Jeiran Hasan, flute
Jonathan Wilson, narrator
Chimespace - (2013-4) = ~9:40
Date: December 14, 2014 at 7:30 PM
Location: Becker Communication Studies Building, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Event: University of Iowa Electronic Music Studios Concert
Dram of War - (2014) = ~5:00
(music by Jonathan Wilson and Joseph Norman)
1) Date: November 7, 2014 at 8:00 PM
Location: UCC Recital Hall, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Event: Obermann Working Symposium
Joseph Norman and Jonathan Wilson, laptops
Jacoby Clingman and Jacob Hicks, actors
2) Date: November 9, 2014
Location: University of Iowa Main Library, Iowa City, IA
Event: Healing Wars Pop-up Museum
Joseph Norman and Jonathan Wilson, laptops
Jacoby Clingman and Jacob Hicks, actors
3) Date: November 11, 2014
Joseph Norman and Jonathan Wilson, laptops
Jacoby Clingman and Jacob Hicks, actors
Location: University of Iowa Main Library, Iowa City, IA
Event: Healing Wars Pop-up Museum
Joseph Norman and Jonathan Wilson, laptops
Jacoby Clingman and Jacob Hicks, actors
Laptop Quartet no. 1 - (2014) = ~5:04
Date: 1) November 7, 2014 at 8:00 PM
Location: UCC Recital Hall, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Event: Obermann Working Symposium
Jonah Elrod, Jonathan Wilson, Paul Duffy, and Joseph Norman, laptops
Date: 2) November 8, 2014 at 8:00 PM
Location: FairGrounds Coffeehouse, Iowa City, IA
Event: iHearIC
Jonathan Wilson, Andy Thierauf, Paul Duffy, and Joseph Norman, laptops
Date: 3) December 13, 2014 at 7:30 PM
Location: Riverside Recital Hall, Iowa City, IA
Event: University of Iowa Laptop Orchestra Concert, Iowa City, IA
Jonah Elrod, Jonathan Wilson, Paul Duffy, and Joseph Norman, laptops
Regeneration - (2014) = ~6:15
Date: 1) December 12, 2014 at 8:00 PM
Location: Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor, MI
Event: The Donald Sinta Quartet
Dan Graser, soprano saxophone
Zach Stern, alto saxophone
Joe Girard, tenor saxophone
Danny Hawthorne-Foss, baritone saxophone
Date: 2) April 12, 2015 at 7:30 PM
Location: Riverside Recital Hall, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Event: Composers Workshop
John Cummins, soprano saxophone
Matthew Mahaffey, alto saxophone
Elena Pedersen, tenor saxophone
James Skretta, baritone saxophone
Date: 3) April 18, 2015 at 10:00 AM
Location: UCC Recital Hall, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Event: Sixth Annual Exchange, Midwest Collegiate Composers, Session II Concert
John Cummins, soprano saxophone
Matthew Mahaffey, alto saxophone
Elena Pedersen, tenor saxophone
James Skretta, baritone saxophone
A Driving Figure - (2014) = 5:10
Date: 1) October 12, 2014
Location: Old Capitol Building, Iowa City, IA
Event: 24+24 Hour Composition Festival
Ellie Goudie-Averill, dancer
Victoria Lawrence, choreographer and film
Date: 2) March 26-28, 2015
Location: Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA
Event: 2015 SEAMUS National Conference
Ellie Goudie-Averill, dancer
Victoria Lawrence, choreographer and film
The Laughing Crane's Lament - (2014) = ~10:30
Date: October 6, 2014
Location: Riverside Recital Hall, Iowa City, IA
Event: University of Iowa Center for New Music Concert IV, The JACK Quartet
Christopher Otto, violin I
Ari Streisfeld, violin II
John Pickford Richards, viola
Kevin McFarland, cello
Love Songs Cycle - (2014) = ~20:00
1) Date: October 4, 2014*
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Event: Iowa Composers Forum Concert
Lisa Neher, mezzo-soprano
Christine Tithecott, piano
*Note: This performance is not a premiere of the entire song cycle.
Performed nos. 1, 4, 7, and 8
2) Date: October 24, 2015*
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Event: Iowa Composers Forum Concert
Ann Cravero, mezzo-soprano
Jessica Anderson, piano
*Note: This performance is not a premiere of the entire song cycle.
Performed nos. 1-7
3) Date: October 25, 2015
Location: Des Moines Social Club, Des Moines, Iowa
Event: Iowa Composers Forum Concert
Ann Cravero, mezzo-soprano
Jessica Anderson, piano
Performed nos. 1-7
Sonata Petite no. 2 - (2014) = ~5:30
Date: June 1, 2014
Location: Des Moines, IA
Event: 2014 Iowa Music Teacher's Association State Conference
Lisa Wissenberg, clarinet
Christine Tithecott, piano
Gapfill - (2013) = ~6:30
1) Date: February 15, 2014
Location: Iowa City, IA
Event: 2014 Iowa Composers Forum Festival
Lisa Wissenberg, clarinet
2) Date: November 9, 2014 at 7:30 PM
Location: Riverside Recital Hall, Iowa City, IA
Event: University of Iowa Composers Workshop
Thiago Ancelmo de Souza, clarinet
Ecesis - (2013) = 5:00
1 ) Date: December 15, 2013
Location: Iowa City, IA
Event: University of Iowa Electronic Music Studios Concert
2) Date: February 21-2, 2014
Location: Southern Georgia University: Statesboro, Georgia
Event: 2014 National Student Electronic Music Event
3) Date: February 24, 2017 at 8:00 PM and 9:00 PM
Location: Luther Planetarium, Luther College, Decorah, IA
Event: Iowa Composers Forum (ICF) Winter Festival of New Music
Night Pieces for Piano* – (2012) = ~12:00
Date: October 5, 2013
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Event: Iowa Composers Forum Concert
Christine Tithecott, piano
*Note: Premiere of Movements II, III, and IV only
String-streamed, Wind-wreathed – (2013) = ~ 3:30
Date: September 15, 2013
Location: Iowa City, Iowa
Event: 24+24 Hour Composition Festival
Lucy Lewis, violin
Timothy Hsu, violin
Amanda Lyon, flute
…a misfortune that was irremediable – (2011) = ~ 10:30
Date: March 2, 2012
Location: Macomb, Illinois
Event: WIU Concerto Competition Winner’s Concert
WIU Symphony Orchestra
Dr. Richard Hughey, conductor
Knells for a memory of cold serenity – (2011) = 9:10
1) Date: November 29, 2011
Location: Macomb, IL
Event: WIU Student Composer’s Convocation (Original version)
Marina Nir, flute
David Vrablic, clarinet
Nick Grimberg, percussion
Minjung Seo, piano
Minoru Ueda, violin
Eli Roth, cello
Jonathan Wilson, conductor
2) Date: March 6, 2012
Location: Macomb, IL
Event: WIU New Music Festival (Revised version)
Jennifer Baker-Lord, flute
David Vrablic, clarinet
Nick Grimberg, percussion
Minjung Seo, piano
Minoru Ueda, violin
Charles Spurgeon, cello
Jonathan Wilson, conductor
3) Date: October 6, 2012
Location: Cedar Rapids, IA
Event: Iowa Composers Forum 25th Anniversary Celebration (Revised version)
Jennifer Baker-Lord, flute
Lisa Wissenberg, clarinet
Nick Grimberg, percussion
Julia Titus, piano
Beth Hoffman, violin
Charles Spurgeon, cello
Jonathan Wilson, conductor
4) Date: November 15, 2013
Location: Cedar Rapids, IA
Event: Midwest Composers Symposium (Revised version)
Contemporary Directions Ensemble at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Hannah Weiss, flute
Anna Darnell, clarinet
Dylan Greene, percussion
Matthew Bridgham, piano
Adrianne Pope, violin
Alexander Berry, cello
Christopher James Lees, conductor
Fire on the Indian Trail – (2011) = ~ 4:30
Date: November 29, 2011
Location: Macomb, IL
Event: Jennifer Lord Baker’s Graduate Flute Recital
Jennifer Baker Lord, flute
Meredith Roche, alto saxophone
The Star-Spangled Banner – (arr. 2011) = 1:16
Composed by John Stafford Smith/Lyrics by Francis Scott Key
Arranged by Jonathan Wilson
Date: June 25-27, 2011 & July 1-3, 2011
Location: New Salem National Historic Site, Petersburg, Illinois
Event: Performed for the musical "The Secret Garden."
Pit orchestra
Zac Clemens, conductor
Blue and Silver, Queens College Alma Mater (arr. 2011) = 0:46
Composed by Joel Mandelbaum
Arranged by Jonathan Wilson
Date: April 30, 2011
Location: Macomb, Illinois
Event: 44th Annual WIU “President’s Concert”
WIU Wind Ensemble
Conducted by Jonathan Wilson
Dr. Mike Fansler, director of WIU Bands
Textures in a Gradient Landscape (2011) = 8:15
1) Date: March 8, 2011
Location: Macomb, IL
Event: WIU New Music Festival Concert II (Original version)
Jonathan Wilson, alto saxophone
2) Date: April 26, 2011
Location: Macomb, IL
Event: WIU Student Composer’s Convocation (Revised version)
Jonathan Wilson, alto saxophone
3) Date: April 11, 2015 at 7:30 PM
Location: Becker Communication Studies Building, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Event: Concert XV, Electronic Music Studios (Revised version)
Jonathan Wilson, alto saxophone
Aria allegra from Produzione Armoniche no. 27 (2011) = 2:24
Composed by Antonia Padonai Bembo/Transcribed by Jonathan Wilson
Date: March 3, 2011
Location: Macomb, IL
Event: Western Illinois University’s “A Celebration of Women in Music”
Katelyn Kratz, soprano
Roderick Sharpe, piano
The Imperfect World (2010) = ~ 4:00
Date: May 4, 2010
Location: Macomb, IL
Event: WIU Student Composer’s Convocation
Anna Smith, piano
Ypsilanti to Detroit (2010) = 7:00
Date: April 17, 2010
Location: Macomb, IL
Event: WIU Jazz Composer’s Concert
WIU Jazz Studio Orchestra
Dr. John Cooper, conductor
A Chamber of Mouthpieces (2010) = 5:35
1) Date: March 10, 2010
Location: Macomb, IL
Event: WIU 2010 New Music Festival Composer’s Workshop
2) Date: April 5, 2014
Location: Iowa City, IA
Event: University of Iowa Electronic Music Studios Concert
3) Date: November 14, 2014
Location: University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA
Event: Electroacoustic Barn Dance Festival
4) Date: June 19, 2019
Location: Loreto Theater (Sheen), New York University, New York, NY
Event: ICMC-NYCEMF 2019
More Saxophone! (2009) = 4:53
Date: December 7, 2009: Western Illinois University Jazz Studio Orchestra
Location: Macomb, IL
Event: Sight-reading performance as a requirement of MUS 387 – Jazz Composition I
WIU Jazz Studio Orchestra
Dr. John Cooper, conductor
Sequenzas for Flute (2009) = 5:38
1) Date: December 8, 2009: WIU Student Composer’s Convocation
Location: Macomb, IL
Event: WIU Student Composer’s Convocation
Karen Sanders, flute
2) Date: March 10, 2010
Location: Macomb, IL
Event: WIU New Music Festival Composer’s Workshop
Karen Sanders, flute
Haiku Poem Cycle* (2009) = ~7:25
1) Date: March 11, 2009
Location: Macomb, IL
Event: New Music Festival Composer’s Workshop
Katie Gansel, soprano
Ethan Ivey, piano
2) Date: April 28, 2009
Location: Macomb, IL
Event: WIU Student Composer’s Convocation
Katelyn Kratz, piano
Ethan Ivey, piano
*Note: Both performances were only of the first two movements.
String Quartet no. 1 in B Major* (2009) = 24:25
Date: March 12, 2009
Location: Macomb, IL
Event: Robert Palmer’s Senior Composition Recital
Alise Svoboda, violin
Christine Pappalardo, violin
Renee Douglas, viola
Aamil Suleiman, cello
*Note: Premiered the second movement only
Trio for Oboe, Clarinet, and Piano* (2008) = 8:00
1) Date: December 9, 2008
Location: Macomb, IL
Event: WIU Student Composer’s Convocation
Kylie Crawford, oboe
Yvonne Dean, clarinet
Patrick Downing, piano
2) Date: March 12, 2009
Location: Macomb, IL
Event: Robert Palmer’s Senior Composition Recital
Kylie Crawford, oboe
Yvonne Dean, clarinet
Nicole Peters, piano
*Note: Both performances of the second movement only
Trio for Clarinet, Saxophone, and Cello* (2008) = ~8:00
Date: April 29, 2008
Location: Macomb, IL
Event: WIU Student Composer’s Convocation
Yvonne Dean, clarinet
Meredith Roche, alto saxophone
Pablo Tinajero, cello
*Note: Premiered 1st movement only
Reminiscence of the Bel Esprit (2007, revised in 2008) = ~4:00
1) Date: November 27, 2007
Location: Macomb, IL
Event: WIU Student Composer’s Convocation
Alysse Hunter, (née Anderson), flute
2) Date: March 5, 2008
Location: Macomb, IL
Event: WIU New Music Festival Composer’s Workshop
Alysse Hunter, (née Anderson), flute