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Jonathan Newmark, composer

Jonathan Newmark, composerJonathan Newmark, composerJonathan Newmark, composer

Performances

               UPCOMING



June 2025:  Mailbox (2025).  Divergent Trio, Divergent Studio program, Longy School of Music, Cambridge, Massachusetts


July 2025:  Illegal Formation (2023).  Aaron Scott and Shawn Reynolds, International Clarinet Association, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas



              PAST

 


August 2016:  Etude for Jim and Laurie (2015) for trumpet and bassoon.  Bennington Chamber Music Conference, Bennington, Vermont


November 2016: Asking for It (2015) for tenor and piano.  Baltimore Composers Forum, Christ Church Lutheran Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland


January 2017:  Serenade for wind quintet (2013).  The Georgetown Quintet, Old Town Hall, Fairfax, Virginia


March 2017:  Secret Atop the Bluff (2015).  TEMPO (The Epicenter Music Performance Organization), California State University Northridge, Northridge, California


April 2017:  Secret Atop the Bluff (2015).  Composers Group of the Friday Morning Music Club, Old Town Hall, Fairfax, Virginia


May 2017:  Quasi-Palindrome (2016) for wind quintet.  Daraja Ensemble, Baltimore Composers Forum,  Christ Lutheran Church Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland


June 2017:  Awakenings (2017) for horn and harp.  Connecticut Summerfest, Hartt School of Music, Hartford, Connecticut


September 2017:  Secret Atop the Bluff  (2015).  Boston New Music Festival, Juventas New Music Ensemble,  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts


November 2017:  Hoffman 36 (2014) for piano trio.  West Shore Trio, Baltimore Composers Forum, Christ Lutheran Church Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland


December 2017:  Piano Quintet (2015).  Composers Group of the Friday Morning Music Club, Calvary Baptist Church, Washington, DC


March 2018:  Chaconne and Fugue in memoriam Dr. John C. Wood, Jr. (1995)  Rock Creek Chamber Players, Christ Lutheran Church, Bethesda, Maryland



April 2018:  Chaconne and Fugue in memoriam Dr. John C. Wood, Jr. (1995).  Composers Group of the Friday Morning Music Club, Old Town Hall, Fairfax, Virginia 



April 2018:  Asking for It (2015)  for tenor and piano.  Nicholas Levy, tenor; Timothy McReynolds, piano.  Baltimore Composers Forum, Christ Church Lutheran Inner Harbor,  Baltimore, Maryland



May 2018:  Piano Sonata (2014).  Jonathan Newmark, piano.  College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York



May 2018:  Piano Quintet (2015).  Rock Creek Chamber Players, Christ Lutheran Church, Bethesda, Maryland



June 2018:  Piano Sonata (2014).  nief-norf festival, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee



June 2018:  Arithmetic (2018) for soprano and mixed ensemble.  nief-norf festival, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee



July 2018:  Six Bones for Six Bones (2014) for trombone sextet.  International Trombone Festival, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa



July 2018:  Better on Slickrock (2015) for flute and vibraphone.  Walden School Alumni Concert, Dublin, New Hampshire



September 2018:  Etude for Jim and Laurie (2015).  Great Noise Ensemble, West Fork New Music Festival, Fairmont State University, Fairmont, West Virginia



November 2018:  Piano Sonata  (2014). Martin Jones, piano, Potter Violins, Takoma Park, Maryland



November 2018:  Piano Sonata (2014).  Martin Jones, piano, Radford University, Radford, Virginia



December 2018:  Introduction and Fugue (2015) for brass quartet.  Phantom Brass, California Institute of Arts, Valencia, California

 


December 2018:  A Pebble from the Brook (2015) for oboe, horn, and piano.  Friday Morning Music Club, Calvary Baptist Church, Washington, DC



December 2018:  Piano Sonata  (2014) (one movement).  Friday Morning Music Club, Calvary Baptist Church, Washington, DC



February 2019:  Duo Sonatina (1993) (portion).  Nancy Switkes and Bobby O'Donnell, Germantown, Maryland



March 2019:  Etude for Jim and Laurie (2015).  Jim and Laurie Stubbs, West Shore Arts Council, Langford, British Columbia, CANADA



March 2019:  Duo Sonatina (1993) (portion).  Nancy Switkes and Bobby O'Donnell, Victor Litz Music, Gaithersburg, Maryland



April 2019:  Better on Slickrock (2015).  Karen Johnson and John Kilkenny, Baltimore Composers Forum, Baltimore, Maryland



June 2019:  Arithmetic (2018).  New Music on the Bayou, University of Louisiana Monroe, Monroe, Louisiana



July 2019:  Moon, Dog, Heart (2019), to text by Athena Kildegaard.  artsonglab, Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA



July 2019:  Speed Trap on Wide, Wide Dixie Highway (2017).  International Trombone Festival, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana



September 2019:  Everything the Power of the World Does Is Done in a Circle (1999).  Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts



September 2019:  Piano Sonata  (2014).  Jonathan Newmark, piano.  West Fork New Music Festival, Fairmont State University, Fairmont, West Virginia



October 2019:  Secret Atop the Bluff (2015).  Rock Creek Chamber Players, Bethesda, Maryland



October 2019:  Duo Sonatina (1993).  Thomas Priest and Daniel Lipori, bassoons.  Weber State University, Ogden, Utah



October 2019:  Duo Sonatina (1993).  Thomas Priest and Daniel Lipori, bassoons.  Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington



November 2019:  Piano Sonata (2014).  Martin Jones, piano.  First Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights, Arlington Heights, Illinois



November 2019:  Piano Sonata (2014).  Martin Jones, piano.  Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana



November 2019:  Piano Sonata (2014).  Martin Jones, piano.  Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana



November 2019:  Piano Sonata (2014).  Martin Jones, piano.  Saint Matthew's Church, Jamestown, Rhode Island.



November 2019:  Piano Sonata (2014).  Martin Jones, piano.  Radford University, Radford, Virginia



November 2019:  Serenade for wind quintet (2013).  Patagonia Winds, Baltimore Composers Forum, Baltimore, Maryland



March 2020:  String Trio (1997).  Sybarite5, Tutti Festival, Denison University, Granville, Ohio



September 2020:  Crooked Brook (2020).  Jonathan Newmark, piano.  Baltimore Composers Forum (online), Baltimore, Maryland



November 2020:  Introduction and Scherzo (2001), with choregraphy by dancer Molly Heer.  Baltimore Composers Forum (online), Baltimore, Maryland



December 2020:  Piano Sonata  (2014).  Jonathan Newmark, piano.  Friday Morning Music Club (online), Kensington, Maryland



December 2020:  Outro 1,3,5 for piano quartet (2020).  Friday Morning Music Club (online), Kensington, Maryland



January 2021:  Outro 1,3,5  for piano quartet.  Carnac Quartet.  Jamkazam online festival.



February 2021: Outro 1,3,5 for piano quartet.  Friday Morning Music Club 135th anniversary gala, online.



April 2021:   Duo for Al (2015) for mallet percussion.  Yarn/Wire Ensemble.  Walden School alumni composers forum, online.



May 2021:  Arithmetic (2018) for soprano, flute, cello, piano and percussion.  Society of Composers, Inc. National Conference, online



July 2021:  Speed Trap on Wide, Wide Dixie Highway (2017) for bass trombone and piano.  Joseph Murrell, bass trombone; Helen Lujan, piano.  Baltimore Composers Forum Vignettes concert, online



July 2021:  The death of Fritz Haber, from Haber's Law (2020), for baritone and piano.  Jason Buckwalter, baritone; Bonghee Lee, piano.   Baltimore Composers Forum Sonitus concert, Baltimore, Maryland (online)



August 2021:  Alloy Saved By Bell (2021) for solo percussion.  Turner McCabe, percussion.  nief-norf composer/performer/improviser summit, Knoxville, Tennessee (online)



September 2021:  Birthday Trio (2021), for flute and two violas.  Private house concert, Naperville, Illinois



October 2021:  Tom Dooley Without the Fringe on Top (2015) for string quartet.  Azimuth String Quartet, Baltimore Composers Forum (online)



November 2021:  Parlor Piece (2021) for solo cello.  Drew Helmer, cello, P & S Physicians Parlor (online)



December 2021:  Outro 1,3,5 (2020) for piano quartet.  Carnac Quartet, Baltimore Composers Forum (online)



December 2021:  Piano Sonata (2014) (portion).  Jonathan Newmark, piano.  Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, Virginia



February 2022:  Crooked Brook (2020).  Jonathan Newmark, piano.  Friday Morning Music Club (online), Washington DC



 April 2022:    Asking For It (2015).  Henry Griffin, baritone.  Manhattan School of Music, New York, New York



April 2022:  Cumberland Falls Trail (1988).  Tri-County Musicians, Founders Hall, Ridgefield, Connecticut



May 2022:  Piano Sonata (2014).  Jonathan Newmark, piano.  Composers Society of Montgomery County, Silver Spring, Maryland



May 2022:  Piano Sonata (2014).  Jonathan Newmark, piano.  Friday Morning Music Club concert, Ingleside at King Farm, Rockville, Maryland  



June 2022:  Haber's Law (2021), excerpts.  Four Corners Ensemble, Operation Opera, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington



July 2022:  Duo Sonatina (1993).  Thom Priest and Dan Lipori, bassoons.  International Double Reed Society convention, Boulder, Colorado



October 2022:  Piano Sonata (2015).  Jonathan Newmark, piano.  New Music DC, Clarice Smith Center for the Performing Arts, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland



December 2022:  String Trio (1997) (portion).  Virtual concert, Baltimore Composers Forum, Baltimore, Maryland



January 2023:  String Trio (1997).  Composers Group, Friday Morning Music Club, Strathmore Mansion, Bethesda, Maryland



February 2023:  Traffic (2022), part of Let It Be Said, collaborative project of the Baltimore Composers Forum, Bethesda, Maryland



February 2023:  Traffic (2022), part of Let It Be Said, collaborative project of the Baltimore Composers Forum, Baltimore, Maryland  (two performances)



February 2023:  Moon, Dog, Heart (2019).  Society of Composers Inc.  Region VIII conference, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington



May 2023:  Clara's Song from Haber's Law (2017).  Hilary Koolhoven, soprano.  Opera Contempo, Salt Lake City, Utah



June 2023:  Everything the Power of the World Does is Done in a Circle (2001).  Isaac Bray, baritone.  SCI National Conference, online



June 2023:  Moon, Dog, Heart (2019).  Dawn Padula, mezzo-soprano.  SCI National Conference, online



July 2023:  Three by Three, for Nine (2023) (premiere).  Texas New Music Ensemble, Texas New Music Festival, Houston, Texas



August 2023:  Traffic from Let It Be Said (2022), Baltimore Composers Forum, Carroll County Arts Center, Westminster, Maryland



September 2023:  Etude for Jim and Laurie (2015).  Lauren and Jim Stubbs, Centennial Secondary School, Belleville, Ontario, CANADA



December 2023:  Outro 1,3,5, Baltimore Composers Forum (online)



March 2024:  Illegal Formation (2023).  Aaron Scott and Shawn Reynolds, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio


May 2024:  As We Remember Them (2024).  Reunion Choir, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts



July 2024:  Carya Dances (2024).  Carya String Quartet, Texas New Music Festival, Houston, Texas



October 2024:  Scherzo from Piano Sonata (2014).  Jonathan Newmark, Baltimore Composers Forum (online)



October 2024:  Secret Atop the Bluff (2015).  Impulse Ensemble, Eugene Difficult Music Ensemble Festival of New Music, Eugene, Oregon



October 2024:  Meg's Miniature (2023).  Iwona Glinka, flute, Chisinau Contemporary Music Festival, Chisinau, Republic of MOLDOVA


October 2024:  Meg's Miniature (2024).  Iwona Glinka, Flute, Phasma New Music Days, Lviv, UKRAINE



November 2024:  Village Saxtet (2016).  Sunderman Wind Quintet, Musselman Library, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania



November 2024:  Trinity Overture (2016).  Greenspring Valley Orchestra, Stevenson University, Stevenson, Maryland



February 2025:   Illegal Formation (2023).  Aaron Scott and Shawn Reynolds, Friday Morning Music Club Composers Group, Live! at Tenth and G, Washington, DC



May 2025:  As We Remember Them (2024).  Congregation Dorshei Tzedek, Newton, Massachusetts



May 2025:  Piano Sonata (2014) (portion).  Jonathan Newmark, piano.  Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, Virginia.





RADIO PLAYS



January 2017 and February 2017:  WZRD-FM, Chicago, Illinois.  String Trio 



March 2017 and April 2017:  WAMU-FM, Washington DC, Capital Soundtrack Project:  Secret Atop the Bluff



March 2018:  Hawai'i Public Radio, Honolulu, Hawai'i, Singing and Other Sins:  Asking For It



April 2018:  WAMU-FM, Washington DC, Capital Soundtrack Project.  Island in the Sky



November 2019:  WFMT-FM, Chicago, Illinois.  Live from WFMT (live broadcast).  Martin Jones, piano.  Piano Sonata   Rebroadcast June 2020


January 2020:  Hawai'i Public Radio, Honolulu, Singing and Other Sins:  Moon, Dog, Heart




CD's



Trios and Duos (2009), including String Trio (1997), Duo Sonatina (1995), Introduction and Scherzo (2001), and Chaconne and Fugue in memory Dr. John C. Wood Jr. (1995), on the Music Unlimited label (see CD tab to order)



PnOVA Volume 5 (release date 2019), including Piano Sonata  (2014) performed by Martin Jones



Quadrants Volume 3 (release date 2019), including Tom Dooley Without the Fringe On Top (2015) performed by the Altius Quartet, on the Navona label



Percussion + (release date 2023), including Better on Slickrock (2015) performed by flutist Iwona Glinka and percussionist Panos Thoidis, on the Phasma Music label








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