Jonah Elrod is a composer who researches cycles and signals from the Earth and incorporates them into his music. His works are inspired by and engage with issues surrounding sustainability and human perception of the natural world. His compositions have been performed at numerous new music concerts and festivals including the Society of Composers, Inc. National Conference, the John Donald Robb Composers Symposium, the Midwest Composers Symposium, the Exchange of Midwest Composers Conference, the Iowa Composers Forum Winter Festival, the Baltimore Composers Forum Spring Concert, the Wisconsin Alliance for Composers Festival, the New Music on the Bayou Festival, the New Music Gathering, the iHearIC concert series, and the New Gallery Series.
He currently serves as the Chair of the Iowa Composers Forum, and is a member of the Society of Composers, Inc., the International Alliance for Women in Music, SEAMUS, The Society of Music Theory, and the College Music Society. He is a Ph.D. graduate in music composition from the University of Iowa where he served as an Associate Director of the Electronic Music Studios, and was a performer in the University of Iowa Laptop Orchestra.
As an educator, Jonah currently teaches music composition and upper-level music theory courses at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Previously, he worked as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at Luther College in Decorah, IA., and has previously worked as an Associate Lecturer of Music at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. He also worked as an instructor of music composition and music theory at Camp COFAC, a summer music program for high school students at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
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