Biography
Jonathan Crehan is a Lower Hutt based piano teacher and composer who grew up learning both classical music as well as playing in a celtic style family band. He studied composition at the New Zealand School of Music between 2005 and 2009 .Thanks to two generous scholarships, Jonathan was able to study privately with Sir William Southgate in 2008. As Sir William’s only student, they worked closely together, and built on his composition technique, advanced orchestration and conducting skills. Jonathan was awarded the Composer-in-Residence position at Samuel Marsden Collegiate for 2008, and was invited to continue for another year.
He is a Winner of the Muriel May Competition, the Adam International Cello Festival Young Composer Competition, the Victoria Graduate Award, and the Dame Malvina Major Foundation Scholarship.
These days Jonathan enjoys spending time passing down his love of music to the next generation of musicians and writing educational piano pieces for them to learn.