The atmospheric and evocative music of Jonathan David Little is notable for its mystical beauty, intensity, richness of material, and intricate craftsmanship. He was the first Australian-born composer to be awarded the prestigious Collard Fellowship of the Worshipful Company of Musicians (est.1500), and also the first composer to receive a Professional Development Award from the UK music business’s own charity, the Musicians’ Benevolent Fund. In 2016 he won a Royal Philharmonic Society “ENCORE Choral” Award (UK), in 2017 Special Distinction for Best Orchestral Score in the ASCAP Rudolf Nissim Prize (USA) – and in January 2018 his polychoral Kyrie was nominated for “Best Classical Music Recording” at the inaugural RoundGlass Global Music Awards (USA-INDIA). His entire body of polychoral music was also Runner-Up in the 2018 CHASS Australia Prize – the nation’s premier and most distinguished award in the Arts and Humanities. Jonathan is an innovative and expert orchestrator, and his compositional style blends art music, folk/Celtic, and other sacred and secular musical influences, from as far back as the fourteenth century, with new and innovative textures and pop/jazz flavours (and sometimes also include spatial effects). Much of his work is frequently noted for its mystical and “luminous otherworldly beauty and colour”, and his choral and orchestral sounds have been described by Gramophone as simply “resplendent”.

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The atmospheric and evocative music of Jonathan David Little is notable for its mystical beauty, intensity, richness of material, and intricate craftsmanship. He was the first Australian-born composer to be awarded the prestigious Collard Fellowship of the Worshipful Company of Musicians (est.1500), and also the first composer to receive a Professional Development Award from the UK music business’s own charity, the Musicians’ Benevolent Fund. In 2016 he won a Royal Philharmonic Society “ENCORE Choral” Award (UK), in 2017 Special Distinction for Best Orchestral Score in the ASCAP Rudolf Nissim Prize (USA) – and in January 2018 his polychoral Kyrie was nominated for “Best Classical Music Recording” at the inaugural RoundGlass Global Music Awards (USA-INDIA). His entire body of polychoral music was also Runner-Up in the 2018 CHASS Australia Prize – the nation’s premier and most distinguished award in the Arts and Humanities. Jonathan is an innovative and expert orchestrator, and his compositional style blends art music, folk/Celtic, and other sacred and secular musical influences, from as far back as the fourteenth century, with new and innovative textures and pop/jazz flavours (and sometimes also include spatial effects). Much of his work is frequently noted for its mystical and “luminous otherworldly beauty and colour”, and his choral and orchestral sounds have been described by Gramophone as simply “resplendent”.

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The atmospheric and evocative music of Jonathan David Little is notable for its mystical beauty, intensity, richness of material, and intricate craftsmanship. He was the first Australian-born composer to be awarded the prestigious Collard Fellowship of the Worshipful Company of Musicians (est.1500), and also the first composer to receive a Professional Development Award from the UK music business’s own charity, the Musicians’ Benevolent Fund. In 2016 he won a Royal Philharmonic Society “ENCORE Choral” Award (UK), in 2017 Special Distinction for Best Orchestral Score in the ASCAP Rudolf Nissim Prize (USA) – and in January 2018 his polychoral Kyrie was nominated for “Best Classical Music Recording” at the inaugural RoundGlass Global Music Awards (USA-INDIA). His entire body of polychoral music was also Runner-Up in the 2018 CHASS Australia Prize – the nation’s premier and most distinguished award in the Arts and Humanities.

Jonathan is an innovative and expert orchestrator, and his compositional style blends art music, folk/Celtic, and other sacred and secular musical influences, from as far back as the fourteenth century, with new and innovative textures and pop/jazz flavours (and sometimes also include spatial effects). Much of his work is frequently noted for its mystical and “luminous otherworldly beauty and colour”, and his choral and orchestral sounds have been described by Gramophone as simply “resplendent”.

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Skills

Sibelius
So
Soundtrack
Th
Theme Tune

Experience Level

Sibelius
Expert
Soundtrack
Expert
Theme Tune
Expert

Language

English
Fluent
French
Advanced

Education

B.Mus.(Hons.) at Melbourne University
January 1, 1985
With 7 Prizes incl. Lady Turner Exhibition: Composition / Performance / Musicology
PhD at Monash University [AUSTRALIA]
April 1, 1994
With Postgraduate Publication Award (2 vol. History of Orchestration)
ThA at Australian College of Theology
February 1, 1992
[Studying Sacred Choral Music]
FLCM at London College of Music
February 4, 2019
Awarded Fellowship for expertise in Music Composition / Orchestration

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    uniE603 Polyhymnia [SAMPLE STRING ORCHESTRA SCORE]
    In Polyhymnia – a searing, many-layered “Lamentation for String Orchestra” (with soloists) – the melos or “melodic thread” often weaves between all parts, and is slow-moving throughout. Initially, it emerges like a cry from the deep. Tension is built, maintained, and released, over long periods. Leaving aside the (rather folk-like – or Celtic sounding) middle interlude, the whole work is effectively a series of extended “waves” – at times dissipating, before swelling and cascading forth again, towards a final powerful and sustained climax. AWARDS: Collard Fellowship of The Worshipful Company of Musicians 2011 (UK) PRS for Music Foundation / Bliss Trust Composer Bursary 2012 (UK) "Album des Mes en RNA (Febrero 2012)" (Album of the Month in Reviews New Age, February 2012); Nomination for 'Mejor Álbum RNA de Año' (Best Album of the Year) (Spain)
    uniE603 Kyrie [SAMPLE CHORAL COMPOSITION]
    This a cappella setting for SATB double choir and soloists of the first section of the traditional Latin Mass – “Kyrie eleison” – is based around permutations of one central motif. The eight main vocal lines are sometimes further divided for fullness of texture and motivic completeness. At least 21 voices are required to perform the work (choir: SSAATTBB, SSAATTBB + soloists: SSA, SA). The short central section of this ternary form composition (“Christe eleison”) features high C's in both treble parts, and requires extra soprano and alto soloists to be present offstage (or situated in a gallery), a little removed from the main body of the choir. AWARDS: (1) TALLIS COMMEMORATION MEDAL 2005 (Bestowed by the Thomas Tallis Society Choir) (UK) (2) ROYAL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY / BBC RADIO 3 "ENCORE Choral" AWARD 2016-18 (UK) (3) "BEST CLASSICAL MUSIC RECORDING" NOMINATION – ROUNDGLASS GLOBAL MUSIC AWARDS 2018 (USA-INDIA), as recorded on the album, "Woefully Arrayed" (Navona NV6113, 2017)
    uniE603 Terpsichore [SAMPLE ORCHESTRAL SCORE] (performers: Kiev Phil Orch)
    One in a series of intense and ethereal or (as here) kaleidoscopically vibrant and sparkling symphonic portraits of the nine muses, Terpsichore is a showpiece for large orchestra. AWARDS: A Record of the Year in Fanfare magazine (USA) ("Want List 2008") "Album of the Month" (February 2012), and Nominated (when re-released on Polyhymnia) for "Best Album of the Year" in Reviews New Age (SPAIN). ASCAP "Rudolf Nissim Prize" 2017: Special Distinction (USA) one of the concert music world’s most prestigious orchestral awards] MUSIKVEREIN NEW SYMPHONY VIENNA "First International Composers Competition" 2020: Second Prize in the Orchestral category (AUSTRIA

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