Jonathan Thomson
JONATHAN THOMSON, D.M.A.
Jonathan has been an active performer and teacher throughout the greater Los Angeles area since 2005. He has performed internationally in England, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine, South Korea and China. As a chamber musician, Jonathan has competed at the Fischoff and Coleman competitions, and received guidance from the Kronos, St. Lawrence, Brentano, Lafayette, and Penderecki quartets. Jonathan has taught at APU since 2008 and was a Teaching Fellow in the top-rated Musicology Department at UCLA. He has also taught for many years at private music academies and for prominent organizations like Harmony Project and Education Through Music—LA.
If not teaching or practicing, you will most likely find him training for his next marathon or 10k.
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California
Doctorate of Musical Arts
Dissertation: Training for Performance: Lessons from Sports Psychology Applied to Musical Training
Azusa Pacific University Azusa, California
Artist Certificate Fall
Azusa Pacific University Azusa, California
Masters of Music (String Performance)
Central Washington University Ellensburg, Washington
Bachelor of Music (String Performance)
Honors: magna cum laude
William O. Douglas Honors College (Great Books model)
Thesis: Absurd Creation: Representation of the Artist in Albert Camus’s Philosophical and Literary Work
PROMINENT TEACHERS
Antonio Lysy
Lynn Harrell
Marek Szpakiewicz
John Michel
Sally Singer
Eric Wilson
MASTER CLASSES
Peter Marsh
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Avalon Quartet
Raphael Wallfisch
Aldo Parisot
Shauna Rolston
Nathaniel Rosen
Pieter Wispelwey
PROMINENT CHAMBER MUSIC COACHES
Guillaume Sutre (Ysaye Quartet)
St. Lawrence Quartet
Bob Becker (American Quartet)
Bill Fitzpatrick (American quartet)
Avalon Quartet
David Harrington (Kronos Quartet)
Penderecki Quartet
Lafayette Quartet
Icicle Creek Piano Trio
David Harding (Chester Quartet)
Andrew Dawes (Orford Quartet)
Colorado Quartet
SUMMER FESTIVALS
Incontri in Terra di Siena
Sunflower Music Festival
St. Lawrence String Quartet Workshop (Stanford)
Icicle Creek Chamber Music Institute
Colorado Quartet Workshop (Cape Cod)
International Chamber Music Workshop (Poland)
Banff Music Program--Master Classes
Marrowstone Summer Music--Intern
MEMBERSHIPS
American String Teachers' Association
College Music Society
Chamber Music America
LANGUAGES STUDIED
Spanish
German
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
UCLA Teaching Assistant
Music History 5: History of Rock n Roll (Dr. Robert Fink)
Music History 65: History of the Beatles (Dr. Elizabeth Upton)
Music History 7: Music and Film (Dr. Holley Replogle-Wong)
Music History 65: Blues (Dr. Elizabeth Macy)
Music History 5: History of Rock n Roll(Dr. Jerome Camal)
Music History 68: History of the Beatles (Dr. Elizabeth Upton)
Arts and Architecture 10 (Dr. Robert Winter)
AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY
Adjunct Professor: applied lessons and chamber music
Private Instructor: applied lessons and chamber music
Diamond Bar High School
Orchestra and Arts Academy coach
SOMA music academy Diamond Bar, CA
Cello Instructor
Chamber music coach
Mosaic Music Yorba Linda, CA
Cello Instructor
Harmony Project Lawndale, CA
Substitute Teacher
South Pasadena Strings Program South Pasadena, CA
Cello Instructor
La Canada Music Studio La Crescenta, CA
Cello Instructor
Education Through Music-Los Angeles
Teaching Artist: ETM-LA is an inner city outreach program which teaches general music in a classroom
setting with all students learning cello or violin
MASTER CLASSES
Central Washington University
Diamond Bar High School (Chamber Music)
Strings clinic for summer program at APU
ADJUDICATION
MTAC Concerto Competition--Whittier
Jury, Azusa Pacific University
California All-Southern Orchestra Auditions
PERFORMANCE
INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCES
Erhu Holding Hands with the World: Small Ensemble: Tour of Shanghai with erhu virtuoso Xiaohui Ma
London: Chamber Music with L.A. Collaboration
Panevezys and Klaipeda, Lithuania
Chamber Music with L.A. Collaboration
Zaparozhye, Ukraine
Solo & Chamber Music with L.A. Collaboration
International Chamber Music Worskhop--Pulawy, Poland
Banff Arts Festival—Master Class Program
SOLOS WITH ORCHESTRA
Faure Elegie: Lake Ave Chamber Symphony
Beethoven Triple Concerto: Zaparozhye, Ukraine
Shostakovich Concerto no. 1: Central Washington University Orchestra
Elgar Introduction and Allegro: Central Washington University Chamber Orchestra
Saint-Saens Concerto: North Sound Youth Symphony
Bruch Kol Nidrei: Ferndale High School Chamber Orch.
PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP
UCLA Symphony
Lake Avenue Chamber Orchestra
Azusa Pacific University Orchestra
Debut Orchestra (Acting Principal)
University of British Columbia Symphony
Central Washington University
Washington All-State Orchestra
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Pacific Bach Project
East West Studio
Lake Avenue Chamber Orchestra
Lake Avenue Gold Line Series
Los Angeles Collaboration
Musical Theater West
3-D Theatricals
La Mirada Theater
Martin Sound
Sunflower Music Festival
The Bridge Recording Studio
Center Staging Productions
Boomerang Studios
Eastern Sierra Summer Symphony Orchestra
YMF Debut Orchestra
Torrance Symphony
Chamber Music San Juan
Yakima Symphony
Wenatchee Valley Symphony
COMPETITIONS
Coleman Chamber Music Competition Finals
Rio Hondo Young Artist Competition
Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition Semifinals
CBC Pacific Spotlight
ASTA w/NSOA solo competition: 1st place, WA State
RECORDING
FILM
Jesus
Hush Hush
Chicago Overcoat
Jan Kaczmarek's film score: The Karamazov Brothers
RECORDS
Dusty Rhodes and the River Band Palace and Stage
LA Collaboration
RADIO
CBC Radio Pacific Coast Spotlight
King FM (Seattle)
KUSC Live at LACMA
ADMINISTRATIVE
ORGANIZATION/ADMIN
UCLA School of Arts and Architecture: Faculty Executive Committee Student Representative
Vim Trio
Abraxas Quartet
INTERDISCIPLINARY
Lecture Recital for UCLA Institute for Molecular Medicine (IMED) Seminar
TECHNOLOGY
Finale
ProTools (recording for self/students)
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Gluck Fellowship Program
Abraxas Quartet