Jonathan Santore
jsantore@mail.plymouth.edu

Jonathan Santore is currently Associate Professor of Music Theory and Composition and Chair of the Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire. Born and raised in east Tennessee, Santore holds degrees from Duke University, The University of Texas at Austin, and UCLA. Selected as a winner in the 1999 American Composers Forum Welcome Christmas! Carol Contest, Santore was also named New Hampshire Composer of the Year for 1999. Santore has won several other awards, fellowships, and scholarships for his compositions, including Finalist in the 2003 Wegmans/PMCP Composition Contest, Special Mention in the 2002 British Trombone Society/Brass in Association Composition Contest, Honorable Mention in the 2000 Britten-on-the-Bay Composition Competition, and performances at the New Hampshire Music Festival, the national conferences of the North American Saxophone Alliance and the Society of Composers, Inc., and twice at the Ithaca College Choral Composition Contest. His works have been performed by ensembles including Minnesota’s VocalEssence (Philip Brunelle, conductor), the Choir of Rochester Cathedral, England, and the New York University Choral Arts Society, and have been broadcast regionally by Maine Public Radio and Television, and nationally by Public Radio International. He has conducted performances of his own compositions in the United States and Europe, and his works have been recorded by California’s Octagon New Music Ensemble and published by Manduca Music Publications, Walton Music Corporation, and American Carillon Music Editions. He is also active as a music theorist (with publications on 20th Century opera in The Opera Journal and forthcoming in In Theory Only) and as a conductor.

WORKS LIST (listed in reverse chronological order of composition)

O World	2004	SATB chorus
22nd Fanfare	2003	Two trumpets / Two trombones
Rondo Ostinato (Elegy for Z)	2002	Brass quintet
Tango Melancólico	2002	Band
Untitled	2002	SATB chorus/piano (commission)
When the White Dove	2001	SATB chorus/string quartet or piano (commission)
Today	2001	SATB chorus/piano (commission)
Harp Carol	2000	SATB chorus/harp/percussion
Sun of Righteousness	2000	SATB chorus/organ (commission)
The Insoluble Persists	1999	trombone/piano (commission)
This Holy Christmas Night	1999	SATB chorus/organ
Barren Rhapsodies	1999	soprano sax/chamber orchestra (also in 2-piano reduction)
The Whole World Is Coming	1998	SATB chorus (commission)
Out of the Depths	1997	TTBB chorus (commission)
Incidental music, Four Baboons Adoring the Sun	1997	live/taped voices (commission)
"I Want to Die While You Love Me"	1996	alto/piano (commission)
Ut Prosim	1996	SATB chorus/piano (commission)
Piano Monster!	1996	large piano ensemble (commission)
Duplicitous Fits and Starts	1995	piano (commission)
SCAC Fanfare	1995	MIDI media (commission)
"If There Are Any Heavens"	1995	high voice/violin/piano (commission)
Native Soil	1991-93	chamber opera on my own libretto
Laudate, Confitemini	1992	SATB chorus/2 trumpets/organ (commission)
Chorale Prelude on "Hyfrydol"	1990	organ
Found Objects in Eb	1990	electronic media
French Gestures	1989	multiple flutist (piccolo, flute, alto flute)/piano
Voorslag for Peggy	1989	electronic carillon
Calls and Answers	1989	2 trumpets/organ
Second Solo	1988	trumpet
Prayer of Humble Access	1988	SATB chorus/organ
O Lord, Thou God of Vengeance	1988	SATB chorus
"A Note of Regret"	1988	pop song
One for Conlon	1988	trumpet/piano/phonograph record
Fanfare for the House of God	1988	SATB chorus (commission)
Festive Changes on "Westminster Abbey"	1988	carillon
Wright Lectures	1988	electronic media
Spaces I: P5	1988	flute/clarinet/violin/cello/piano
Spring and Fall	1988	violin/marimba (both speaking)
Cummings for Dancing	1988	baritone/speaking chorus/piano/electronic media
Millay Death Lyrics	1987	soprano/piano
Concerto in One Movement	1987	tuba/2 pianos (orchestration for winds in progress)
Chorale Prelude on "Es ist ein Ros"	1987	organ
Divertimento	1986	violin/clarinet/bassoon
Movement for String Orchestra	1986
Intermezzi	1985	orchestra
Commentary on I Corinthians 13	1985	SATB chorus/piano
Greeneville	1984	band
Dance Preludes for a Wedding	1984	woodwind quintet
"Only You Can Stop the Rain"	1984	pop song
Seven Vignettes	1983	piano
Moods	1982	clarinet trio
Piano Piece	1982
Solo	1981	flute
Remember Me	1981	piano
Spirit Dance	1981	flugelhorn/percussion ensemble
"At Citizens Union, You've Got a Friend"	1980	commercial jingle
Confrontation	1980	trumpet/cello
Fanfare and Rondo	1980	brass quintet

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