Jonathan Little (composer)

This article is about the Australian composer. For the professional poker player, see Jonathan Little.

Jonathan Little
Portrait of Jonathan Little
Born
Melbourne, Australia
NationalityAustralian
OccupationComposer
Kyrie, op. 5, for SATB double choir and soloists
Performed by the Thomas Tallis Society Choir
Sacred Prelude, Op. 1 for string quintet
Performed by soloists of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Terpsichore, Op. 7, for large orchestra
Performed by the Kiev Philharmonic Orchestra
Polyhymnia, Op. 10, for multi-divisi string orchestra
Performed by Moravian Philharmonic strings
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Jonathan David Little FCLM, FISM, FRSA (born 1965 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian contemporary classical composer, arts educator and author on cultural history based in the UK and Australia. In 2008, his first CD was voted one of the top recordings of the year by US Fanfare magazine ("The Want List 2008").[1] He was subsequently featured in a news article in Musical Opinion in early 2009.[2] As a composer, he first came to prominence in America in 2006 when The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) ran an article on him having five of his works accepted for recording (2004–07) by the US-headquartered French contemporary music label ERM (Editions de la Rue Margot), aimed at showcasing international contemporary composers.[3] He was awarded the Collard Fellowship of the Worshipful Company of Musicians in 2011,[4] and in 2012 was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He was appointed inaugural Professor of Composition and Music History at the University of Chichester in 2017, and Emeritus Professor from 2019.[5][6]

  1. ^ See reviews in Fanfare (US), Vol. 31: No. 5 (May–June 2008), pp. 179-180 and Fanfare (US), Vol. 32: No. 2 (Nov-Dec 2008), p. 77
  2. ^ See Musical Opinion (UK), No. 1468 (Jan-Feb 2009), p. 7.
  3. ^ "A British composer makes a big wave in the concert music world", in ASCAP (US) Playback magazine, Summer 2006.[online]First major ASCAP (US) 2006 Story http://www.ascap.com/playback/2006/summer/faces_places/london/jonathanlittle.html Archived 18 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "The Musicians' Company Archive Project". The Musicians' Company Archive Project. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  5. ^ farmitag (16 February 2012). "Professor Jonathan Little". University of Chichester. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Incorporated Society of Musicians Music Directory". musicdirectory.ism.org. Retrieved 19 January 2019.