From the age of six, Jonah has surrounded the world he lives in with music, having been raised in classical piano and cello. Over the next two decades he has dabbled in dozens of genres within the industry, ranging from Latin Jazz to Musical Theatre; Romanticism to Film Music. His undying passion for music has chiselled his individual craft, consistently receive raving reviews about the profound authenticity and unique colours of his musical identity. He devotes himself to finding ways to express stunning harmonies for cinematic music, and to perfectly parallel the screen.
Growing up, Jonah attended a school in South Sydney that prided itself on its distinguished creative arts program, of which Jonah was heavily involved in. Upon graduating in 2020, he was recognised as the Most Outstanding Composer, further receiving the Creative and Performing Arts Award upon other esteemed merits for his dedication to the music and creative arts programs. He was additionally nominated for both ENCORE and ONSTAGE – a showcase for high achieving performances in music and drama respectively.
Mere months later, Jonah found his work ‘Shimmer’ selected to be workshopped and performed by major orchestras around Australia in association with Artology.
Jonah is currently under the guidance of Australia’s leading professionals in the film and media industry at the prestigious Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where he studies Composition for Creative Industries. In this time also, he has scored several short films and is a composer for Primerchord Production Music and associated with Third Cord Productions. As well as being a young screen composer, Jonah has expanded his music resume as a music director and cellist for musical theatre, having been involved with up to eight musical theatre productions across Sydney in the last two years.
Recently, his work ‘A Divine Dream’ was shortlisted by the Sydney Concert Orchestra to be performed in late 2023.
Jonah has an artistic flair that innovates colours and textures ready for the future of the industry. His embellishment of stunning harmonies for cinematic music makes his music a true spectacle in its translation to the screen.
“…a talented creative who penned an amazing soundtrack.”
“Not only is Jonah easy to work with, but he has a great understanding of composition in film and how it works in conjunction with and in contrast to sound design, dialogue and even silence. Jonah was consistently ahead of schedule, bringing fresh ideas and approaches to the table and regularly exceeded my expectations. As writer/director of the film, I can confidently say that Jonah’s score enhanced the project to a whole other level…and I think it’s safe to say the film wouldn’t be the same without it.”