The Florida State University Wind Orchestra
Richard Clary, conductor

Ruby Diamond Concert Hall, Tallahassee FL, April 15, 2013

Sowing Useful Truths

Harrison J. Collins
J Stands for Joe Music
Your friendly neighborhood composer!

Dedicated to writing music that challenges and connects to performers and listeners alike.

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Jonathan Newman composes music rich with rhythmic drive and intricate sophistication, creating broadly colored musical works that incorporate styles of pop, blues, jazz, folk, and funk into otherwise classical models. Trained as a pianist, trombonist, and singer, his work is informed by an upbringing performing in orchestras, singing in jazz choirs, playing in marching bands, and accompanying himself in talent shows. From opera to bubblegum pop, Newman delivers a new perspective on American concert music. Recent work includes MASS, a large-scale project with texts by poet Victoria Chang which premiered in 2018 with The Choir of Trinity Wall Street as part of their Mass Reimaginings commissioning program. In 2016 he was appointed Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras Composer-in-Residence; CYSO’s 2011 commission BLOW IT UP, START AGAIN has been performed by orchestras worldwide, including the Minnesota Orchestra, the Toronto Symphony, the 2015 Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the 2015 BBC Proms. He is currently working with playwright Gary Winter on an imaginary ballet suite project for the Florida State University Wind Orchestra. He resides in Virginia, where he serves as Director of Composition & Coordinator of New Music at Shenandoah Conservatory.

rekcilttuB is just a dude making noise and having fun doing it.
rekcilttuB is dedicated to employing bizarre production methods, bizarre compositions, and a lack of rules in all music. rekcilttuB was formed in 2016 by Joseph Gerland, Matt Wagnone, and Isaac Gonzales as an outlet for strange ideas that would never work in a serious band environment.
Since then, the only remaining member is Joseph. :( What a loser.

Pleiadian starseed. Bighearted intellectual.

Christopher Hemsworth - how do u fit a camel thru the eye of a needle?

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