Medium Bio (200 words)
Joshua Jandreau creates multimedia art that reframes traditional thinking and fosters personal connections. His musical compositions range from the traditional to the experimental, freely associating genre, aesthetic, and medium.
Jandreau's music has been commissioned and performed by artists and ensembles including the Grammy-nominated Imani Winds, members of Fifth House Ensemble, the Boston New Music Initiative, Black Sheep Contemporary Ensemble, Grammy-nominated cellist Amanda Gookin, and Grammy award-winning hornist Andrew Pelletier to name a few.
As an educator, Jandreau teaches piano in the greater Boston area and works as a songwriter for UK-based Evolved Artists. An advocate for arts education, he has been awarded several grants for educational and community outreach and led successful crowd–funding campaigns to donate instruments and music to schools.
When not writing music, he is a winemaker.
Short Bio (100 words)
Joshua Jandreau creates multimedia art that reframes traditional thinking and fosters personal connections. His music range from the traditional to the experimental, freely associating genre, aesthetic, and medium.
Upcoming projects include a new collaboration with Berlin-based DJ/Producer VACO and an EP release of music through his Indie project AO GRYVE.
Jandreau teaches piano in the greater Boston area and works as a songwriter for UK-based Evolved Artists.
When not writing music, he is a winemaker.
Awards & Honors
2019 – Commission, Steven R. Gerber Trust, "Honor the Ghost"
2019 – Fellowship, Fresh Inc Festival
2019 – ASCAP PLUS Award
2019 – Honorable Mention, Red Note New Music Festival, "For all love lost and spirit gained"
2018 – NEXT Music Consortium Commission, "THIS TITLE DOESN'T MATTER"
2017 – Finalist, BMI Student Composer Awards
2017 – Collage Composers Colloquium selected participant, Longy School of Music
2016 – First Prize, Boston Conservatory Sinfonietta Competition, "Beware the L.O.V.E. Machine", Boston Conservatory at Berklee
2015 – Guest Composer, 36th Bowling Green New Music Festival
2014 – Finalist, ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards
2013 – Second Prize, Arizona State University Carillon Composition Competition, Arizona State University
2013 – First Prize, Arizona State University Composition Competition, Arizona State University
2012 – Graduated "summa cum laude", University of Maine
2012 – Pi Kappa Lambda, National Music Honor Society, University of Maine
2012 – Top Graduating Senior (faculty nomination), University of Maine
2008 – Best Music in Theater Production, One-Act Theater Competition, Mount Desert Island High School, Mount Desert Island, ME
Festivals & Concert Series
2019 – Fresh Inc. Festival, Kenosha, WI
2019 – 10th Season, Boston New Music Initiative
2018 – Mostly Modern Festival, Saratoga Springs, NY
2017 – Sante Fe Opera Workshop, Sante Fe, NM
2017 – Soundscape Festival, Boston, MA
2016 – Blurred Edges Festival, Hamburg, Germany
2016 – International Horn Society Conference, Ithaca, NY
2015 – Talis Festival, Saas-Fee, Switzerland
2014 – Brevard Music Center, Brevard, NC
2014 – Society of Composers, Inc, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2013 – Atlantic Music Festival, Waterville, ME
2013 – "CollabX" Concert Series, Knights of Pythias Lodge, Phoenix, AZ
2012 – Maine Summer Youth Music, Orono, ME
2011 – Seasons Fall Festival & Academy, Yakima, WA
2007 – Maine Jazz Camp, Farmington, ME
2006 – Maine Jazz Camp, Farmington, ME
Collaborators, Ensembles, & Institutions
COLLABORATORS
Aimee Fincher, piano
Amanda Gookin, cello
Andrew Pelletier, horn
Ally Szeles, clarinet
Anna Jackson, flute
Ashley Miller, viola
Benjamin Cox, clarinet
Benjamin Tibbetts, piano
Bridget Convey, piano
Daniel Beilman, bassoon
Darwin McMurray, saxophone
David Chorlton, poet
Dillon Robb, violin
Elliot Sneider, piano
Eric Thomson, tenor
Grant Bingham, bassoon
Hiro Iizumi, tuba
Hugo Selles, piano
Illya Filshtinskyia, piano
Jacob Wellman, bassoon
Joshua Scheid, baritone
Josh Stover, bass trombone
Kate Barmontina, viola
Luke Ellard, clarinet
Maria Wildhaber, bassoon
Michael Cox, trombone
Michael Shayte, trombone
Nathaniel Edison, bassoon
Nicole Sonneveld, bassoon
Neil Parsons, trombone
Nick Castellano, horn
Peipei Song, piano
Philip Silver, piano
Robert Frankenberry, voice
Robert Heyde, tenor
Rose Hegele, voice
Roselyn Hobbs, viola
Rudy Giron, countertenor
Ruth Wenger, cello
Sam Thurston, trumpet
Scott Pool, bassoon
Stephen Carroll, tenor
Tanya Stambuk, piano
Tori Calderone, flute
Tyler Bentley, trombone
Tyler Kivel, piano
VACO, DJ/Producer
Zhou Jiang, piano
ENSEMBLES
Arizona State University Percussion Studio
Arizona State University Symphony Orchestra
Atlantic Festival Orchestra
Black Sheep Contemporary Ensemble
Boston Conservatory Orchestra
Boston Conservatory Sinfonietta
Boston New Music Initiative
Brevard Music Center Orchestra
contraBAND
duo membranophōn
Erskine Academy Jazz Combo
Fifth-House Ensemble
Finisterra Piano Trio
Generous Ensemble
Imani Winds
ITCH Ensemble
MASiO Ensemble
Resinosa Ensemble
Sonic Liberation Players
Too Many Trombones
University of Maine Collegiate Chorale
University of Maine Brass Ensemble
University of Maine Symphonic Band
Yakima Symphony Chamber Orchestra
INSTITUTIONS
Arizona State University Laptop Orchestra
Bagaduce Music Lending Library
City of Avondale, AZ
City of Goodyear, AZ
Donorschoose.org
Erskine Academy Theater Club
Monserrat College of Art
Phoenix Art Museum
Target
MASTERING ENGINEERS
Pete Maher
Teaching Experience
2019 – Present || Brass Teacher, Horizons, Dedham Country Day School
2016 – Present || Piano Teacher, Merry Melody Music
2016 – 2018 || Music Specialist, Maplewood Country Day Camp
2016 – 2017 || 6-8 General Music, Neighborhood House Charter School
2016 – 2017 || Aural Skills, Composition, MTEL Preparation, Wyzant
2016 – 2017 || Tutor (Theory & Aural Skills), Boston Conservatory at Berklee
2014 – 2016 || K-8 Music (General, Choral, Instrumental), Michael Anderson School
2012 – 2014 || Teaching Assistant (Theory & Aural Skills), Arizona State University
Scholarships, Fellowships & Grants
2020 – Amherst Cultural Council Grant, Amherst, MA
2020 – Springfield Cultural Council Grant, Springfield, MA
2020 – Stoughton Cultural Council Grant, Stoughton, MA
2019 – Fellowship to Fresh Inc., Kenosha, WI
2018 – Fellowship to Mostly Modern Festival, Saratoga Springs, NY
2016 – Merit Scholarship, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, MA
2016 – Donorschoose.org Grant for classroom instruments, Avondale, AZ
2016 – Target Grant 4115 for educational community outreach, Avondale, AZ
2015 – Kiwanis Club Fund for New Music, Avondale, AZ
2015 – Fellowship to Talis Music Festival & Academy, Saas-Fee, Switzerland
2015 – Westside Impact Mini Grant for cross-institutional collaboration with Arizona State University's Laptop Orchestra, Avondale, AZ
2014 – Fellowship to Brevard Music Center, Brevard, NC
2013 – 2014 Composition Scholarship, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2013 – Fellowship to Atlantic Music Festival, Waterville, ME
2013 – Summer Travel Grant, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2013 – Doris L. Young Scholarship, Town of China, ME
2012 – 2014 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2012 – 2013 Katherine Herberger Music Scholarship, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2012 – Wallace Rave Memorial Award, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2011 – Fellowship to The Seasons Music Festival Academy, Yakima, WA
2011 – Dead of Students Scholarship, University of Maine, ME
2011 – Franklin Talbot Music Scholarship, University of Maine, ME
2011 – Presidential Scholar Award, University of Maine, ME
2011 – Omar F. & Lenora L. Tarr Memorial Scholarship, University of Maine, ME
2011 – Phillips M. Payson Scholarship, University of Maine, ME
2011 – Performing Arts Merit Scholarship, University of Maine, ME
2010 – Undergraduate Academic Research Showcase, University of Maine
2009 – Presidential Achievement Award, University of Maine, ME
2008 – Doris L. Young Scholarship, Town of China, ME
2008 – Daughters of Isabella Scholarship, Millinocket, ME
Presentations & Workshops
2020 || Clinician, Young Composers Festival, Bagaduce Music Lending Library, Blue Hill, ME
2016 || Guest-Lecturer: "Technological Integration in the Music Classroom", Arizona Music Educators Association Conference
2015 || Featured Guest – Television, "Cronkite", Arizona Public Broadcast System, Tempe, AZ
2015 || "Future Music", Grant-funded cross-institutional collaboration on original, new music for laptop orchestra and iPad orchestra; in partnership with Arizona State University
2015 ||Seminar on "Songwriting & Creative Process", Paradise Valley High School, Phoenix, AZ
2014 || Seminar on "Transcribing & Arranging for Voice", Washington Academy, East Machias, ME
2012 || Clinician, MSYM, University of Maine
2012 || Workshop on "Brass Performance Techniques", Erskine Academy, South China, ME
2012 || Workshop on "Breathing Techniques for Musicians", Erskine Academy, South China, ME
Software & Gear
SOFTWARE
Adobe Audition 3.0 – audio editing, mixing, mastering, spatialization
CsoundQT – audio programming
Finale 25 – music engraving, publishing, setting, transcription
FL Studio 12 – mixing, sequencing, arranging
MAX 8 – audio programming and live manipulation
Openshot Videoo Editor – video editing
VSDC Video Editor – video editing
Paulstretch – frequency manipulation
Slate Digital Audio Plugin Collection
SPEAR – frequency manipulation
Tassman 4 – audio programming
REAPER – audio editing, mixing, mastering, spatialization
GEAR
2020 M-Audio Hammer-88
2020 Slate ML-2 Microphone
2019 JBL 305P MkII 5" Near-field Monitors
2017 Alesis 88-Key Semi-Weighted Keyboard
2002 Fender Squire Stratocaster
1972 Fender F-55 12-String Acoustic Guitar
1966 W. Meinl CC-37 Tuba
Irish Penny Whistle
Jaw (Mouth) Harp
Music Box
Trumpet, Conn
Trumpet, King
Violin
Wooden Flute