Jonathan Zorn
lives in Charlottesville, VA
and makes sound with computers, analog electronics, string instruments, and people.


email: jonathan.zorn at gmail.com
recordings available at SET projects

sounds from some time in the past four or more years

other projects available at ubuweb

collaboration with Kenneth Goldsmith

harmonica #3 recorded at Ghostprint Gallery in Richmond, VA as part of NanoHz 5

the best of times and the worst of times made in preparation for the end of times in 2005

so too were processed meats, computer feedback, july 2007

the missing, supercollider improvisation, spring 2007

I've been here for years, solo bass

Alvin and Terry (for Ben Stanko), fun with sine waves

Viola and Computer 1 , 2, 3, Rachel Thompson and Jonathan Zorn Tea Bazaar Charlottesville VA June 6 2007

My M.A. thesis concert (April 11 2007) featuring Katherine Young - bassoon, Rachel Thompson - viola and violin, Jonathan Zorn - doublebass, voice, and electronics. 1. Talking Typing, 2. Impulse Push Pull, 3. Untitled for Bass and Bassoon, 4. 14'41" score for 14'41" pg. 1, 2, 3, 4..., 5. My Mind Was Almost Matching What You Were Making

Pressure and Speed for string quartet - recorded in an open reading with the Flux quartet, November 2006. Score pdfs text, violin1 violin2, viola, cello.

The Balkan Situations versus Acid Dionysus. 1, 2

2, 3, 4 - projects towards my masters thesis. SuperCollider instruments and programs for acoustic instruments with SuperCollider.

Six Phrases - This is the culmination of the first stage of a collaborative project with bassoonist Katie Young.

Krivo Horo, Pusztitó, Voi Voi Voi, Aromaneasca, Dragaicuta de la Rasova - Some recordings of The Balkan Situations.

String Quartet Describing the Motions of Large Real Bodies Test 1973 Sparse - This is a test of a patch I am working on for performing Bob Ashley's string quartet.

The Woodchuck Likes Me - I made this as a tribute to Lozenge in 2005.

It's Mine Now - a conceptual string quartet that steals from my classmates. I derived the structure from a string quartet by Hiram Navarette. The instruments come from recordings of pieces by Eric Paul, David Jensenius, Kyle Brenders, and Rachel Thompson. 2006

Something for David to Cry About - a piece for voice and samplers based on William Billing's tune David's Lamentation 2006