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Cellist Jonathan Cain is active as a performer, arts entrepreneur, and teacher. Cited by the Washington Post for an "edge-of-the-seat performance" of Reich’s Double Sextet with eighth blackbird, Jonathan also appeared as soloist with TEMPO, the University of Maryland Contemporary Ensemble, performing Swantner’s In Aeternum. From 2011-2013, Jonathan was the founding cellist of the D.C. based chamber music collective, All Points West, appearing at the Hillyar Art Space, the Arts Club of Washington, the Heurich House Museum, and the the Atlas Performing Arts Center for the 2013 Intersections Festival. This summer he will participate in the Baroque Performance Institute at the Oberlin Conservatory, record a studio album of new music, and appear with the New Street Dance Group at the 2013 Philly Fringe Festival. He is Adjunct Cello Faculty at the Holton-Arms School in Bethesda, MD.
In fall 2013, he will begin an Artist Diploma at SUNY Purchase studying with Julia Litchen. Jonathan finished his M.M. at the University of Maryland, studying with Evelyn Elsing, and attended the University of Arizona, studying with Mark Votapek, where he received a B.M. in cello and a B.S. in math, both with honors, magna cum laude. He studied cello privately with Gordon Epperson, while attending University High School in Tucson, AZ. Other mentors include Jim Ross, Dennis and Anna Bourret, and a worldly dairy farmer named, Howard.
In fall 2013, he will begin an Artist Diploma at SUNY Purchase studying with Julia Litchen. Jonathan finished his M.M. at the University of Maryland, studying with Evelyn Elsing, and attended the University of Arizona, studying with Mark Votapek, where he received a B.M. in cello and a B.S. in math, both with honors, magna cum laude. He studied cello privately with Gordon Epperson, while attending University High School in Tucson, AZ. Other mentors include Jim Ross, Dennis and Anna Bourret, and a worldly dairy farmer named, Howard.
