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Jonathan Mott is a first-year DMA student in choral conducting at the Eastman School of Music where he studies with Dr. William Weinert.
From 2017 to 2023, Jonathan served as the Resident Conductor and Teaching Assistant of the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum (Collegium) leading the group in performances in Cambridge, New York City, South Africa, and Sweden. During his time with Collegium, Jonathan prepared the chorus for a 2018 performance of Arthur Honegger's Jeanne d'Arc au Bûcher with Odyssey Opera, and led Collegium in five world premiere performances of student and professional works. Most recently, he conducted the group in their 50th anniversary performance of Claudio Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610. Day to day, Jonathan served as an adviser for the student-led administration of the chorus, and also worked closely with Dr. Robert Kyr in mentoring student composers through the Harvard Composers New Music Initiative. In the fall of 2022, Jonathan served as the Interim Music Director of the Back Bay Chorale, an 80-person symphonic community chorus, leading them in their fall and Christmas concerts. Prior to this appointment, he served as the Chorale’s Assistant Conductor where he helped prepare over thirteen major works for the group's main stage performances and conducted the Chorale’s March 2017 concert, Essential Voices: Da Pacem. He also served as the artistic lead for the Chorale's “BRIDGES” outreach efforts, sharing music at places such as the Boston Women's Lunch Place, and assisted living facilities throughout the Greater Boston area. |
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Jonathan also served as Music Director - Choir at University Lutheran Church in Harvard Square from 2014 to 2023, where he conducted the choir and often composed anthems in his signature style: two-and-a-half minutes long using two lines of text.
Jonathan holds a master’s degree in choral conducting from Boston University where he studied with Scott Allen Jarrett, David Hoose, and George Case. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in music from Boston College where he studied composition with Thomas Oboe Lee and Ralf Gawlick, and conducting with John Finney.
Jonathan holds a master’s degree in choral conducting from Boston University where he studied with Scott Allen Jarrett, David Hoose, and George Case. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in music from Boston College where he studied composition with Thomas Oboe Lee and Ralf Gawlick, and conducting with John Finney.
