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Jonah Elrod is a composer whose works are inspired by and engage with issues surrounding our environment and human perception of the natural world. He often utilizes data collected from cycles and signals from the earth and incorporates them into his music. His music has been performed at many new music festivals including the Society of Composers, Inc. National Conference, the John Donald Robb Composers Symposium, the New Music on the Bayou Festival, the Hot Air Music Festival, the TUTTI Festival, the New Music Gathering, New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, CAMPGround23, the Ball State University New Music Festival, and the New Gallery Series in Cambridge, MA. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Music at Grand Rapids Community College, and is the chair of the Iowa Composers Forum. He earned his Ph.D. in music composition from the University of Iowa where he also served as an associate director of the electronic music studios.
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Jonah Elrod is a composer whose works are inspired by and engage with issues surrounding our environment and human perception of the natural world. He often utilizes data collected from cycles and signals from the earth and incorporates them into his music.
Jonah is an Assistant Professor of Music at Grand Rapids Community College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he is the director of studies in music theory and teaches music composition. He currently serves as the Chair of the Iowa Composers Forum, and is a member of the Society of Composers, Inc., SEAMUS, NACUSA, The Society of Music Theory, and the College Music Society. He earned his Ph.D. in music composition from the University of Iowa in 2018 where he also served as an associate director of the electronic music studios.
Jonah's music has been performed around the United States and internationally in England, Germany, Greece, and Ecuador. His music has been featured at many new music festivals including the MUSLAB Electroacoustic International Exhibition, CAMPGround International New Music Festival, the Ball State University New Music Festival, the Texas New Music Festival, the Society of Composers Inc. National Conference, the John Donald Robb Composers Symposium, the Association for Body Mapping Education International Conference, the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (NYCEMF), the Earth Day Art Model hosted by IUPUI, the New Music on the Bayou Festival, the New Music Gathering, the Hot Air Music Festival, the TUTTI Festival, Click Fest at Ohio University, the Central Washington University New Music Festival, and the New Gallery Series in Cambridge, MA.
Jonah has studied composition privately with Christopher Shultis, Richard Hermann, Karola Obermüller, Peter Gilbert, José-Luis Hurtado Ruelas, Lawrence Fritts, David Gompper, and Josh Levine. He has also had one-time private lessons with David Lang, Augusta Read Tomas, Michael Harrison, Caroline Shaw, Marilyn Shrude, Elainie Lillios, Michael Fiday, Dan Welcher, Ketty Nez, and David Maslanka. He has presented his music at masterclasses with Konrad Boehmer, Julio Estrada, Barbara Rettagliati, George Tsontakis, Steven Stucky, Chinary Ung, Christopher Rouse, Ken Ueno, George Lewis, Carter Pann, and Jerod Impichchaachaahá Tate.