Jonathan is an award-winning composer who has worked internationally in film, media, theatre, dance and educationally for over 25 years. He specialises in writing for live instruments, vocal music, and unusual instruments, finding a special sound-world for every project he collaborates on. He loves collaboration and storytelling, using every talent that the creative team and the performing company brings into the rehearsal space, whether physically or virtually. He also loves vocal coaching and helping with casting, when called upon.
His theatre credits include The Kite Runner(Broadway, West End, simultaneous UK & Ireland & USA tours in 2024); The Winter’s Tale(National Theatre 2018 & 2019), Macbeth (National Theatre2017 & UK tour 2018); The Caretaker (Chichester Festival Theatre, 2024); The Jew of Malta, Anya, The American Pilot, White Out (RSC); Sleuth(Nottingham & West Yorkshire Playhouse); Bitter Flower(Washington DC); Charlie Peace and Families of Lockerbie (Nottingham Playhouse); Rumplestiltskin (Buxton Opera House, 2024), Playhouse Creatures, Intemperance(New Vic); Aesop’s Fables(Unicorn Theatre); Margaret Catchpole(Eastern Angles); Three Wheels(Birmingham REP); Flight of Hope(People Show); Dreaming (BSA); Nine Lives (Bridge Theatre & Leeds Studio).
Classical commissions include Gogmagog(English National Opera), Lights Out (New York Arts), Grimm Tales(City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, BBC Radio 3), Flight to the Ford(CBSO), It’s not a game (Evelyn Glennie), The Long Lost Son(Evelyn Glennie & Armonico Consort), Black HeartandA Little Madness(BBC Singers), O Rex Gentium(Ex Cathedra), with further commissions for Festivals across the UK.
Jonathan won a Royal Television Society Award with Losing It (Channel 4). He also won the Artists’ International Development Award (British Council & Arts Council England) for the dance work Living Lakes in the USA, winning further national compositional awards with The Ice PalaceViolin Concerto, for the orchestral Weep, and Octet with the London Sinfonietta. He’s arranged, composed and conducted the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in Pinewood and Abbey Road Studios for music that is broadcast and played worldwide through Audio Network.
Jonathan gratefully acknowledges awards and support from the Holst Foundation, the Arts Council, The Performing Rights Society, the Music Union, the Gulbenkian Foundation and the Theatre Development Fund. He holds a Doctorate in Musical Composition and a BA (First Class Hons) in Music, as well as other qualifications.