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DR. JONATHAN SARAGA
TRUMPETER | FLUGELHORNIST | COMPOSER | ARRANGER | EDUCATOR | DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS
PERFORMANCE
Jonathan can provide you with an an ensemble of professional performing artists, led by himself on trumpet, for any occasion. Available ensemble configurations start from solo acts and continue up from there. Instrumentation, group sizes, and preference for musical repertoire are all customizable to suit your vision and budget. You may also request multiple groups to performance at an event.
Also available to you are dancers, acrobats, street performers and individuals specializing in virtually all forms of performance art. Describe/discuss what you have in mind, and chances are it's possible!
Performances may require a travel fee (varies depending on location and equipment needed/desired).
RECORDING
Jonathan can provide you with an ensemble of professional musicians for any recording need. Available ensemble configurations start from solo artists and continue up from there. You may also request multiple group configurations.
Recordings within New York City DO NOT require a travel fee.
Recordings held outside of New York City may require a travel fee (varies depending on location and equipment needed/desired).
COMPOSITION/ARRANGING
Would you like a song written about a specific person, event, or place? Or maybe you want music written for an experience with which will be occurring in the future? Jonathan can even write music to pre-written words, poetry or lyrics that you provide. He will be sure to capture the essence and details that you desire to be realized, and bring it gloriously into the sonic realm.
Or perhaps you'd like to perform or record a popular song, but need the music to be written for different instruments than the original recording. Maybe you have an original piece written for solo piano or guitar, but want to hear what it would sound like if played by a string chamber ensemble. Leave it to him to generate the perfect orchestration, chart it out, and personally deliver it to you.
Jonathan's goal is to make your piece sound just as you imagine it (or better), so you may wish to specify your preferences regarding:
-instrument selection
-time duration of composition
-any other details that are important to you
The following final products are available to you at your request:
-professional-grade tablature including concert/transposed score/parts
-audio/video recording of composition
-live performance of composition
Ensemble configurations start from 1 musician and continue up from there. You may also request multiple configurations to be included in the composition.
Most western classical instruments are readily available to be written for. If you are interested in including an instrument from another part of the world, discuss/describe what you have in mind, and chances are it's possible.
TRANSCRIPTION
Did you record a song from a live concert and just need to see it on paper? Perhaps you want to play one of your favorite songs, but don't have the skills or the time to work on it writing it out correctly so that it can be played? Allow Jonathan to do the grunt work of dissecting and inscribing all of the different parts by ear, notating the chords, lyrics, and instructions, as well as creating clear and neat tablature for your usage.
The following final products are available to you at your request:
-professional-grade tablature including concert/transposed score/parts
-audio/video recording of composition
-live performance of composition
Ensemble configurations start from 1 musician and continue up from there. You may also request multiple configurations to be included in the composition.
Most western classical instruments are readily available to be written for. If you are interested in including an instrument from another part of the world, discuss/describe what you have in mind, and chances are it's possible.