Jonathan Dawe

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Jonathan Dawe has emerged as an exciting and original composer of the 21st century. His music, described as “skillful”, “sparkling”, and “smart,” (New York Times) embodies a striking mix of modernist nuance and baroque imagery, spanning grand orchestral forces to delicate chamber music combinations. His works are energetic, rich, yet sharp and transparent.
Numerous awards he has received include a recording grant from The Copland Fund for New Music, a Koussevitzky Music Foundation Commission (Library of Congress), a NYSCA commission grant, a Fromm Foundation Grant (Harvard University), A Presser Award (Presser Foundation), The Charles Ives Scholarship (American Academy of Arts and Letters), The Bearns Prize (Columbia University), two ASCAP prizes, two BMI awards, a grant from the David Cinnamon Prize, and the Herbert Ellwel Prize (Oberlin College) 1987.
The recipient of commissions from the Brentano String Quartet, Cygnus Ensemble, The New Juilliard Ensemble, The New York New Music Ensemble, The New York Miniaturist Ensemble, The Manhattan School of Music, Phoenix Ensemble, and the Institute for Advanced Study, Dawe’s works have also been recently performed by the Washington Square Chamber Players and the Manhattan Percussion Ensemble.
In May 2006, furious artisans released the first recording devoted to Dawe's music. A NOISE DID RISE, chamber works 1993-1999 was funded in part by the Copland Fund for Music.
Jonathan Dawe was born in Boston Massachusetts in 1965 and studied at the Oberlin Conservatory and The Juilliard School with Milton Babbitt. Upon receiving his Doctorate at Juilliard in 1995, he joined the doctoral faculty.