Named by the Baltimore Sun as a 2006 "Artist to Watch," his works have been performed and are currently programmed internationally by the Tokyo
Philharmonic and the Kyoto and Extremadura (Madrid) symphony orchestras, and in this country by the orchestras of Buffalo, Kansas City, Columbus (OH), Oakland, Duluth, and Boca Raton; by the National Gallery, Curtis Institute, and National Repertory orchestras, the Baltimore and Iris chamber orchestras, the Da Capo Chamber Ensemble, Smithsonian's Twentieth Century
Consort, Opus 3 Trio, and the "President's Own" United States Marine Band. Leshnoff is Composer-in-Residence of the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra.

Three recordings devoted exclusively to Leshnoff's music are scheduled for
release on the Naxos "American Classics" label: one includes the Symphony
No. 1 (subtitled "Forgotten Chants and Refrains" and premiered by Michael
Stern and the Iris Chamber Orchestra); the second release features his
Violin Concerto, performed by violinist Charles Wetherbee and the Baltimore
Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Markand Thakar; the third disc contains
Leshnoff's chamber music. Leshnoff's recent projects include a Double
Concerto (performed by the Curtis Symphony at the Kimmel Center), a String
Sextet for Concertante (premiered at Merkin Hall in New York City in May
2007) and a Quartet for Viola, Harp, Flute and Percussion (premiered in
February 2008 as part of the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society's 2007-2008
season).

His music has been lauded by the Kansas City Star as "a diaphanous
orchestral fabric of beautiful transparency," by the Memphis Commercial
Appeal as "a fluid, thoughtful work, superbly textured and unafraid to be
intellectual," and by the Baltimore Sun as "remarkably assured, cohesively
constructed and radiantly lyrical." Currently an Associate Professor of
Music at Towson University in Maryland, he can be found running around local
Baltimore playgrounds with his children. He can be visited on line at
www.jonathanleshnoff.com.

Office: CA 2095
Phone: 410-704-2845
E-Mail: jleshnoff@towson.edu