Biography
Jonathan Green has been teaching piano for over 20 years. Each lesson is tailored to the specific strengths and needs of each individual student. Students receive a broad education in piano studies, harmony and theory, musical interpretation, and sight reading, with the intent to ignite and foster a passion for music to last a lifetime.
In addition to teaching piano, Jonathan Green is an award-winning composer with credits in film, television, live theater, records, radio, theme parks, etc. He has composed a wide variety of music for the Universal Studios Theme Parks in Florida, Hollywood, and Japan as well as Coca Cola, Nickelodeon, Animal Planet, Disney, Dreamworks Animation, and Walt Disney Records.
Jonathan began composing at the age of 9 with his first piece, Rhapsody in G Major. After years of study in classical music, Jonathan began composing and performing music for various rock bands, working the club scene while developing his craft by studying harmony, composition, and counterpoint. In 1990, he moved to Los Angeles where he studied jazz and orchestral composition as well as film scoring at the renowned Grove School of Music. During his studies at Grove, Jonathan became the music director for the ACME Comedy Theater, one of the premiere sketch comedy theaters in the United States.
Jonathan began composing for television with the hit Dreamworks show, Toonsylvania. He then moved to Universal Studios, composing over 50 different pieces of music for the Universal Studios theme parks. Several film scores followed including Brown Eyed Girl, Malibu Eyes, Heat Chamber, and Finding Lee Mullican.
Recently, Jonathan performed and recorded several piano pieces for the ABC drama, "Forever." In addition to performing pieces by Chopin and Schumann, he also had to arrange a Chopin Nocturne in a jazz style and perform it for the broadcast. His Christmas song, "You'll Always Be With Me For Christmas," was recently released on Walt Disney Records. He continues to work with alumni of the ACME Comedy Theater, enabling him to work with some of the biggest names in show business, including Jimmy Kimmel, Steve Carell, Jason Alexander, Gary Marshall, Jack Black, Andy Dick, Wayne Brady, Adam Carolla, and Drew Carey with whom Jonathan traveled through Europe providing entertainment for the brave men and women stationed in bases such as Bosnia and Kosovo.