National Youth Orchestra - Dubai

Conductor

Jonathan currently serves as the Conductor of the National Youth Orchestra - Dubai. Under his musical leadership, the orchestra has grown in numbers and given performances at Dubai Opera, Emirates Palace, and Abu Dhabi Cultural Foundation. NYO - Dubai currently rehearses at Nord Anglia School - Dubai who is very generously a primary sponsor for the orchestra. Learn more about NYO-Dubai here.

Dubai Chamber Orchestra

Director

Jonathan currently serves as the Director of the Dubai Chamber Orchestra. The oldest continually operating orchestra in Dubai, the Dubai Chamber Orchestra gave its first public concert in 2004 and has since then established itself as a pillar of the musical community of Dubai and the rest of the UAE. Since Jonathan has taken the directorship, the orchestra has grown to 40 members and has become widely regarded as the premiere orchestra of Dubai. DCO is completely non-profit and all concerts are completely free to the public.

Emirates Community Symphonic Orchestra

Musical Director (2015-2017)

Prior to becoming director of the Dubai Chamber Orchestra, Jonathan served as the Musical Director of the Emirates Community Symphonic Orchestra. Under his direction, the orchestra grew to 70 members and performed great masterpieces of Western classical music including:

Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in c minor

Beethoven - Egmont Overture

Mozart - Serenade no. 13 for Strings

Mozart - Violin Concerto in D Major

Mozart - Overture to The Magic Flute

Mozart - Symphony No. 40 in g minor

Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio Espagnol

Dvorak - Cello Concerto in b minor

Dvorak - Symphony No. 9 in e minor