Artist Bio
Chris Jonas (composer, video, saxophones, vibraphone) is a Santa Fe-based composer, saxophone player and video artist. As an instrumentalist and composer/conductor, he has performed, recorded and toured internationally with many of today's most adventurous artists, working extensively with Anthony Braxton, Cecil Taylor, William Parker, Del Sol String Quartet, TILT Brass, The Crossing Choir and others. Jonas is a United States Artists fellow and a winner of the 2012 Meet the Composer/Commissioning USA award for GARDEN, his ongoing series of live music and transmedia works. He is Executive Director of the arts and social justice non-profit, Littleglobe and is Vice President of the NYC Tri-Centric Foundation.