Written in the fall of 2014, this string quartet is dedicated to my parents, Barry and Mickey Parel.  They always tell me to write beautiful music, this was my attempt at it.  Premiered at ShenArts Council Nov. 8th 2015 by Eli Thomas and Samantha Allen - Violins; Sam Marsico - Viola; Michael Puryear - Cello.  Recorded by David Angell.

String Quartet No. 1

Indie/Alt/Singer-songwriter from Staunton, VA. Currently a Music Therapist in Baltimore. Loves hugs.

Jonathan Wyatt (b. 1997) is a composer, conductor, and sound artist.  His work often explores relationships, connectivity, and control. He is particularly interested in making art that engages an audience from multiple perspectives, and that blurs the boundaries of form and medium.  Jonathan is influenced by a number of conceptual and visual artists, including Damien Hirst, Yves Klein, Maggi Hambling, David Shrigley, Jeff Koons, and Mike Kelley. He also draws inspiration from trap, hiphop, folk, metal, and indie rock artists.  Some of his favorite composers are Benjamin Britten, Leoš Janáček, Alfred Schnittke, and Moondog.
 
Jonathan has been a fellow at the Atlantic Music Festival, the Red Note New Music Festival, and was a finalist for the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composers Award.
 
He holds a BM from Shenandoah Conservatory, where he studied with Jonathan Newman and Dr. Natalie Draper.  Raised in a small southern Virginia town, he now lives in Brooklyn NY, and is pursuing an MM at the Mannes School of Music with Dr. David T. Little.

String Quartet No. 1

Jeremy Parel