Artist description A composer, performer, and improvisor. Matis plays in several ensembles, and composes for a variety of instruments

Music Style Experimental/Improvisation blending "new music" and avant jazz

Artist History Jonathan Matis studied composition at Connecticut College with Noel Zahler, and at the Hartt School of Music, studying with Steven Gryc, Robert Carl, and David Macbride. He received the Mahan Prize in Music from Connecticut College in 1993, and the Diemente Prize from the Hartt School in 1999.Jonathan plays the electric guitar primarily, and has performed in many different types of ensembles, in a wide variety of venues. He has performed live on radio and television, and in festivals. He played in the prog-core band Snuggles and the ambient free improv ensemble Tiktok, both in Austin, Texas and with Casual Saturn, a Connecticut-based collective of improvising musicians. Currently, he is performing improvised music for voice and guitar with vocalist Joe Zitt, and in a larger improvising ensemble called Gray Code. Recordings are available from Metatron Press, more information can be found at www.metatronpress.com.Other works available for performance include a multi movement work for string orchestra, a saxophone quartet, brass trio, solo pieces for a variety of instruments, and an octet for improvising musicians including violin, viola, cello, bass, electric guitar, vibraphone, piano, and clarinet.

Albums Gray Code: "Live in Philadelphia", Braxton/Matis, "Death Slug 2000", Zitt/Matis "Even the Widest Aardvark..."

Location Takoma Park, MD - USA

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