 JONATHAN RHODES LEE
(keyboards) has performed as soloist, chamber musician, and in orchestras in the United States and abroad. After finishing undergraduate studies at Colgate University, Jonathan completed his Master of Music degree at the San Francisco Conservatory, and subsequently studied at the Royal Conservatorium of The Hague, Netherlands as a Netherland-America Foundation Fulbright scholar. Jonathan is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Historical
Musicology at the University of California at Berkeley.
Around the Bay Area, Jonathan has appeared with groups such as the New Century
Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble Vermillion, and the Sarabande Baroque Ensemble,
which he co-directed from 2001-2004. Jonathan has served as guest lecturer for
the California Music Teachers' Association and the Music Teachers' National
Association, has adjudicated for the Jr. Bach and Contra Costa County Baroque
Festivals, and has offered masterclasses in Baroque Performance Practice for
the San Francisco Conservatory's Preparatory Division. He has recorded music of
seventeenth-century Italy on the Fafarela label, and is currently recording a
solo harpsichord album of late eighteenth-century French music.
In addition to his performing activities, Jonathan offers services as an
instrument technician. Jonathan is also the co-author of
The Goldberg Variations Reader: A Performer's Guide for Teachers and
Students, which appeared in print in September, 2002. His harpsichord
instructors have included Jacques Ogg, Davitt Moroney, Laurette Goldberg, and
Joscelyn Godwin.
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