Please contact Jonathan to enquire about performing past pieces, or to commission new work
Everything is Faein (2023)
Written for the eponymous role-playing game.
Orchestra: 3(pic/afl.2.3).3(1.2.ca).4(ecl.1.2.bcl/cbcl).3(1.2.cbsn) | 4.3.3(1.2.btbn).1 | T | 4P | Hp | pf.hpd.cel | egui.gui | Str
c. 8' 23''
SSRI (2022)
A deeply personal piece that deals with antidepressants, and the fluctuations in mood that they can bring about.
Orchestra: 2(1.2/pic).2(1.2/ca).2.2(1.cbsn) | 4.2.3(1.2.btbn).1 | T | 2P | Hp | Str
c. 7' 10''
Nocturne Diurne - solo piano arrangement (2022)
An arrangement of Jonathan's popular 2018 jazz-inspired wind quintet for piano.
"A composition for wind quintet in two movements. An exploration of jazz harmony and melody in contemporary music. Which movement represents day, and which represents night?"
Solo piano
c. 9'
(Mvt. 1 c. 6' / Mvt. 2 c. 3')
Upper Structures (2021)
An abstract piece constructed around 'upper structures', a jazz-piano chord-voicing technique. This is where an altered chord is voiced as a (seemingly unrelated) triad in the right hand, while the left hand plays a shell voicing (3rd and 7th of the chord). This piece explores all nine available upper structure voicings.
Written for the BBC National Orchestra of Wales through Composition: Wales 2022.
Premiered May 10th 2022, by the BBC NOW, at Hoddinott Hall, Wales Millennium Centre.
Orchestra: 2(1.afl/pic).2(1.ca).2(1.cl/bcl).2(1.cbsn) | 2.2.2.1 | T | 2P | Hp | Str
c. 5' 30''
Birdbath (2021)
A jazz-influenced composition inspired by the common household birds found in mid-Wales, .
Includes solo cadenzas and free-time sections.
Written for Amy Rose Irvine (flute), for her master's degree final recital.
Premiered at Powis Hall, Bangor University in 2021.
Solo flute with piano accompaniment
c. 6'
As a member of 'Konom' - Konom (2021)
The debut album from Manchester-based progressive-rock/metal band Konom.
Featuring Jonathan on keyboards, orchestration, and arrangement.
The Course of Empire (2020)
A symphonic progressive-rock album in five movements, fully scored/notated for live orchestra and rock band. Based on Thomas Cole's painting cycle The Course of Empire.
Score available as archived study-score.
Parts under revision (indefinitely).
Orchestra: 3(1.2/afl/asax.3/pic).3(1.2.3/ca).3(1.2.3/bcl).3.(1.2.cbsn) | 4.3.3(1.2.btbn).1 | T | 4P | 2Hp | Str
Rock Band: Piano/Electric Piano | 7-String Electric Guitar 1/Acoustic Guitar 1 | 7-String Electric Guitar 2/Acoustic Guitar 2 | 5-String Bass Guitar | Drum Set
Additional Sound Effects Playback (optionally controlled by Percussion 4) and optional out-board effects.
c. 27' 20''
Red Kite (2019)
A setting of Alan Llwyd's poem Yn Hebog Uwch Felindre (The Hawk over Felindre) for soprano voice and piano accompaniment.
Premiered live at 'Draig-Lóng: A Musical Celebration of Welsh and Chinese Culture' at Powis Hall, Bangor University.
Soprano voice with piano accompaniment
c. 5' 45''
'An Unwanted Trip to the Woods' (2019)
Score for short horror film. Includes original diegetic music for in-car radio and night-club. Collaboration with German filmmaker Nicolas Schimmelpfennig.
Music inspired by Howard Shore and Bernard Hermann.
Orchestra: 1(fl/pic).1.2(1.bcl).0 | 2.0.0.1 | T | 4P | Hp | Pno/Cel | Str
Notated score c. 5' 26''
'Goose' (2019)
Score for short documentary by Welsh filmmaker Connor Flinn.
The documentary covers a Bangor University security guard (nicknamed 'Goose'), and his love for the sport squash.
Music inspired by Bruce Springsteen.
Nocturne Diurne (2018)
A composition for wind quintet in two movements. An exploration of jazz harmony and melody in contemporary music. Which movement represents day, and which represents night?
Premiered by the Bangor New Music Ensemble at Bangor Music Festival 2019.
Subsequently performed by members of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
Wind quintet: Flute/Alto Flute . Oboe/Cor Anglais . Clarinet in Bb . Horn in F . Bassoon
c. 9'
(Mvt. 1 c. 6' / Mvt. 2 c. 3')
Petrichor (2018)
An exciting tonal perpetuum-mobile and fanfare for large orchestra!
Orchestra: 3(1.2.pic).3(1.2.ca).3(1.2.3/bcl).3(1.2.cbsn) | 4.3.3(1.2.btbn).1 | T | 3P | Hp | Pno/Cel | Str
c. 5' 20''
Automata (2016)
A progressive-rock concept album, based on a new original story inspired by George Orwell's 1984 and the life of Oskar Speck.
Music for an Individual (2015)
A string quartet inspired by three pitches from Steve Reich's Different Trains.
Premiered by members of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in 2015.
String quartet
c. 6'
