"Shakespeare In Love" - Entr'acte
Composed and recorded by Jonathan Craft

In early 2023, I music directed a collegiate production of "Shakespeare In Love" (a stage version of the 1998 film of the same name).  Our production had a few musical "holes" in some key places, so I composed a few pieces of additional music to fill them in - one of which was a piece to bring the audience back from intermission to start act 2.  Using one of the show's recurring themes, this is the entr'acte I created!

"Shakespeare In Love" - Entr'acte

Halcyon Days, from the play "Metamorphosis" by Mary Zimmerman.
Original music composed, orchestrated, & produced by Jonathan Craft.

Commissioned by Eva de la Cruz

Soloist - Dr. Karen Rees

In early 2022 I was contacted by a theatre director colleague, who had programmed "Metamorphosis" for her high school students to perform that spring.  There was a moment in the play which called for the cast to sing a short piece of music, yet the show's script had no music material at all beyond the lyrics.  She commissioned me to write and record original music for that moment in their production, and here is the end result!

Halcyon Days, from "Metamorphosis"

Songs from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, by Jonathan Craft

Commissioned by the University of St. Thomas, fall 2016

Performed by Josh Green and Kelly Waguespack

Recorded by Brian Baker, SoundArts Recording Studio

Songs from Twelfth Night - Jonathan Craft

O Mistress Mine

Performance Accompaniment

"Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread"
Text by David Ives
Music by Jonathan Craft

Univ. of St. Thomas, fall 2017

Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread - accomp. track

"Reflections" for solo piano, by Ola Gjeilo
Sheet music published by Walton Music (2018)

Performed by Jonathan Craft
Recorded using Native Instruments "The Giant" piano
September 15th, 2018

Reflections - Ola Gjeilo

"The Crossing" for solo piano, by Ola Gjeilo
Sheet music published by Walton Music (2018)

Performed by Jonathan Craft
Recorded using Native Instruments "The Giant" piano
September 23th, 2018

The Crossing - Ola Gjeilo

"Every 27 Years" from the Warner Bros. film "IT" (2017)
Composed by Benjamin Wallfisch
Sheet music published by Warner Bros. Music Corp.

Performed by Jonathan Craft
Recorded using Native Instruments "The Giant" piano
October 2nd, 2018

Every 27 Years (from "IT")

"One Summer's Day" from the Studio Ghibli film "Spirited Away" (2001)
Composed by Joe Hisaishi
Sheet music published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

Performed by Jonathan Craft
April 2nd, 2020

One Summer's Day (from "Spirited Away")

Pianist, Music Director, Composer, and Keyboard Programmer

Former co-host for KPFT's "Queer Voices" radio show (90.1 FM)

Based in Houston, TX

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