Jonathon Crompton is a saxophonist, composer, improvisor, and graduate student in music theory at Columbia University. Originally from Australia, Crompton received a Bachelor of Music Performance from the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne. Since moving to New York City, he has completed a Master of Music in jazz performance and a Master of Arts in music theory at Queens College, CUNY. As a composer, Crompton seeks to unify disparate musical elements and styles he considers beautiful. His latest composition, Cantata No. 1: An Island Seen and Felt (2023), situates sacred vocal polyphony in more contemporary musical contexts and is supported by a commission from the Australia Council for the Arts. Currently, Crompton’s research interests are informed by his work as a composer, focusing on music of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and philosophical problems of music analysis.
