Class of: 1994

Jonathan Newman

Jonathan Newman (CFA’94) of Winchester, Va., a composer, recently had his piece Blow It Up, Start Again performed by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Grand Rapids Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the 2015 BBC Proms, and at the 2015 Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music under the direction of Marin Alsop. He is working on a mass in collaboration with poet Victoria Chang, commissioned by the Choir of Trinity Wall Street. Last fall he began an appointment as associate professor at Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, where he is director of composition and coordinator of new music.

From the Summer 2016 issue.