Jonathan Newell holds a BA from Ithaca College in Piano Performance and Art History and an MA (summa cum laude) in Piano Performance and an MA (summa cum laude) in Composition from Hunter College. He is a member of the piano faculty of the Diller-Quaile School of Music in Manhattan and the State University of New York (Adirondack) and is a pianist and composer with The Adirondack Repertory Dance Theater. Mr. Newell gave his New York debut in 2009 at Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall and was recognized as a Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers for 2006-2007. He performs as much as 150 times a year throughout the northeastern US as a pianist or as a pop/guitarist and singer. He was also a string bassist with the Glens Falls Symphony from 1980-83.
He is a 2010 recipient of a Strategic Opportunity Stipend from the New York Foundation for the Arts and a 2009 and 2002 winner of individual artist grants from the New York State Council for the Arts. He has studied piano with Edward Housman at Skidmore College, Phiroze Mehta at Ithaca College, Steven Graff at Hunter College and Dr. Julie Jordan at the Juilliard School and has performed in master classes with Andre-Michel Schub, Paul Badura-Skoda and Mordeci Shehori. He studied composition with Shafer Mahoney at Hunter College.
Jonathan Newell is a 1982 graduate of Hudson Falls Central School. He played the string bass in orchestra under the direction of Steven Parsons and participated as a string bassist, pianist and guitarist in numerous musical productions under the direction of Joyce Irwin. In 1980 and 1981 he was a participant in the All-State High School Orchestra. He received varsity letters in Football, Baseball and Basketball. Mr. Newell lives in Hudson Falls, New York with his wife Jennifer and their sons Brandon and Evan.