jonathan segel
composer/collaborator since 1992
projects for the compmay include: this is what we do in winter, fire sale, catch-as-catch-can, single man, tie line, close call, high fall, drive, how is a church like the sea..., warm beer/cold women & columbine, sweet lucy, white lightening.
Jonathan Segel is an accomplished musician and composer. He has composed music for film and dance and has toured throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia and Japan by himself or with a number of bands, most notably Camper Van Beethoven, Sparklehorse and Cracker, and with avant-garde musician Eugene Chadbourne. Jonathan plays several instruments, including the guitar, bass guitar, violin, viola, mandolin, keyboards and computer. He has also worked as a sound editor for film with Academy Award winning sound designer Dane A. Davis at Danetracks in Los Angeles, CA.
Jonathan has been a principal composer for Cid Pearlman/Performance Projects, and her former company Nesting Dolls, since 1992. He has also composed music for Curt Haworth's Dance Company, and Maxine Moerman Dance Theater and the Deborah Slater Dance Theater, including the 2006 month-long run of “Hotel of Memories” at CounterPulse in San Francisco and 2007-2009 runs of “The Desire Line” on both east and west coasts.
Jonathan also writes chamber music, some of which has been published by Material Press in Germany. Several pieces have been performed over the years by the New Music Works in Santa Cruz, the 20th Century Forum in San Francisco, and the Mills College Contemporary Performance Ensemble.
Jonathan runs a small record label called Magnetic which has produced many of his own CDs as well as those of other San Francisco-based artists, including Victor Krummenacher, Greg Lisher, Alison Faith Levy and Chris Xefos. More information can be found at the website, http://www.MagneticMotorworks.com.
composer/collaborator since 1992
projects for the compmay include: this is what we do in winter, fire sale, catch-as-catch-can, single man, tie line, close call, high fall, drive, how is a church like the sea..., warm beer/cold women & columbine, sweet lucy, white lightening.
Jonathan Segel is an accomplished musician and composer. He has composed music for film and dance and has toured throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia and Japan by himself or with a number of bands, most notably Camper Van Beethoven, Sparklehorse and Cracker, and with avant-garde musician Eugene Chadbourne. Jonathan plays several instruments, including the guitar, bass guitar, violin, viola, mandolin, keyboards and computer. He has also worked as a sound editor for film with Academy Award winning sound designer Dane A. Davis at Danetracks in Los Angeles, CA.
Jonathan has been a principal composer for Cid Pearlman/Performance Projects, and her former company Nesting Dolls, since 1992. He has also composed music for Curt Haworth's Dance Company, and Maxine Moerman Dance Theater and the Deborah Slater Dance Theater, including the 2006 month-long run of “Hotel of Memories” at CounterPulse in San Francisco and 2007-2009 runs of “The Desire Line” on both east and west coasts.
Jonathan also writes chamber music, some of which has been published by Material Press in Germany. Several pieces have been performed over the years by the New Music Works in Santa Cruz, the 20th Century Forum in San Francisco, and the Mills College Contemporary Performance Ensemble.
Jonathan runs a small record label called Magnetic which has produced many of his own CDs as well as those of other San Francisco-based artists, including Victor Krummenacher, Greg Lisher, Alison Faith Levy and Chris Xefos. More information can be found at the website, http://www.MagneticMotorworks.com.