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•   In the summer of 2010, Jonathan Price was a visiting lecturer in the graduate playwriting program at Hollins University in Roanoke, where he led master classes in musical theatre.

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•   An original arrangement of the Celtic folk tune "My Lagan Love" is included on the compilation CD From the Emerald Isle: The Haunting Sounds of Ireland, performed by the flute/harp/cello trio carisma, released by Australia's premier classical label ABC Classics.  The CD is available at abc.net.  "Classics like The Last Rose of Summer and My Lagan Love have never sounded more moving."  —The Music Pages

•       The film Necrosis, starring James Kyson Lee, George Stults and Tiffany, was nominated for Best Original Score in the 2009 Los Angeles Reel Film Festival.  The film was released in the U.S. on DVD on April 20, 2010.  "I did quite like the 'spooky child singing' soundtrack..." --cyberhal, QuietEarth

•    The mini-opera The Gift of the Magi premiered at Secret Rose Theatre on December 17, 2009 in North Hollywood, California as part of their NoHo Ho Holiday Show.  Della was performed by Diana Briscoe and Christina Linton and Jim by Gabriel Manro and Bernardo Bermudez.  Libretto by Jan Michael Alejandro & Jonathan Price, after the eponymous short story by O. Henry, and music by Jonathan Price.

 

•    Film Music, a compilation album of scores from New Line's Cyber Wars, Showtime's Rustin, American World Pictures' Necrosis and more from composer Jonathan Price, is now available for download from iTunes and amazon.

•          The mini-opera The Queen & the Dragon premiered at The Secret Rose Theatre in North Hollywood on June 25, 2009 as part of their Mini-Musical Festival.  With a libretto by Jan Michael Alejandro and Jonathan Price, and music by Price, it featured some great  opera singers from the LA area, including DeReau K. Farrar, Christina Linton, Nandani Maria Sinha, Diana Briscoe, Miguel Vargas, Debbie Dey and Gabriel Manro.

•   Original arrangements of the Celtic folk tunes "My Lagan Love" and "She Moved Through the Fair" are included on the CD Celtic Dreams, performed by the flute/harp/cello trio carisma, released by ABC Classics.  The CD is available at buywell.com.  "Classics like The Last Rose of Summer and My Lagan Love have never sounded more moving."  —The Music Pages

•   Rumpelstiltskin, a children's musical with book and co-lyrics by Jeff Goode (creator of The Disney Channel's American Dragon: Jake Long), is now available from Baker's Plays.

•   The track Rustin (based on Rustin Main Title) is included on the CD Classical Chill, performed by the flute/harp/cello trio carisma, released by ABC Classics.  It spent 18 weeks in the Top 50 of ABC's Best Sellers list and the track has been featured regularly on Classic FM's Classic Drive with Julia Lester.  The CD is available at ABC Shop.

•   The track Rustin (based on Rustin Main Title) is included on the CD Lily's Eyes by the flute/harp/cello trio carisma, released by ABC Classics. The CD is available at buywell.com  "A personal favourite moment would have to be the extremely laid-back arrangement of Recuerdos de la Alhambra which flows through beautifully into the following track, Rustin - a soothing flow that continues until the last note fades out."  —Mark Chapman, The Daily

•             The Lion & the Wood Nymph, a mini-opera, was chosen as a winner of New Opera Works' OIAM opera composition competition.  It was performed in concert on August 16, 2007 in American Fork, Utah at the Historic City Hall.  "The Lion & the Wood Nymph is just plain beautiful." —M. Ryan Taylor, VocalWorks.

•   The song "Ji Tuo (Our Hopes)," from the musical Lao Jiu, was part of a special musical presentation at Singapore Day '07 in New York's Central Park on April 21, 2007.  The live concert presented iconic songs from Singapore's theatrical history.  The song was performed by Judy Tan and Skye.

•       The new musical Marley's Christmas, featuring book and lyrics by Jeff Goode (author of The Eight: Reindeer Monologues), received a concert reading May 23 & 24, 2006 at Unknown Theater, Los Angeles.  The official website is www.marleyschristmas.com.  "Jonathan Price has added fun, meaningful, vigorous music to Jeff Goode's play, which had already earned accolades of 'innovative, unique...an unforgettable holiday journey.' Old writing buds becoming pros and then re-teaming years later to make a good show even better is my definition of how the world should work, ladies and gents." —Jeffrey Stackhouse, shadowlandonline.net

•   Check out your local Blockbuster for the feature film Cyber Wars, featuring David Warner and Joan Chen, released by New Line Home Entertainment.  "A resonant score by Jonathan Price." —Paul Di Filippo, SciFi.com.

•   The musical Lao Jiu opened November 11, 2005 in Singapore at the New Drama Centre to rave reviews:

"Lao Jiu: The Musical was close to perfect as a production, with its innovative use of songs and puppets, seamless choreography, authentic dialogue, honest plot and characters, all coming together brilliantly with rare aesthetic cohesiveness.  Full of energy and creativity, the gravity and lightness of the tale flowed and ebbed as naturally as breath.  Lao Jiu: The Musical firmly captured the imaginations of its audience, affirming its place in Singapore's theatrical history."     —Deanna Tan, The Flying Inkpot

"Lim and Ng were remarkable in their evocation of their characters' enduring camaraderie.  Their duet of the song The Pendulum Of Time is the bitter-sweet heart of this production, its lament about the fading colours of their era underscored by the slightly hoarse timbre of their weary voices.  The theme of unfulfilled dreams was also given play in the song Our Hopes, which saw two of Lao Jiu's sisters (Celine Rosa Tan and Magdalene See) singing to him about their hopes for his future. Their gentle voices weaved around him a musical cocoon of love and expectation that felt both comforting and constricting.  Composer Jonathan Price's score was refreshingly eclectic."     —Hong Xinyi, The Straits Times

"Equally promising and exciting as a downtown concert, Lao Jiu — The Musical  offers some pleasant surprises that marked a rebirth from its former theatrical interpretation 15 years ago.  An earnest remaking all in its own style, the musical is presented with refreshing takes concocted with a cocktail of original music compositions and creative choreography, manned with some stunning visual treats of puppetry works."     —Jimmy Huang, Funkygrad.com

"This production of Lao Jiu makes genuine attempts at innovation which are welcome. The tone of the music and the hearty, mournful sentimentality of the Mandarin lyrics, sung partly in dialect, are lovely, especially those sung by Shifu and by Lao Jiu's ex-gangster father."     —Matthew Phan, The Business Times

"The musical Lao Jiu soars, carried by magnificent production values.  Interspersed with drama, puppetry and music, it has a tight ensemble and cast.  Its quality more than compensates for its three-hour length."     —David Chew, TODAY

•    The song, "Hubba Hubba Hula", with lyrics by Jeff Goode, is featured in the episode, "Jake Takes the Cake," of the Disney Channel's Jake Long: American Dragon.

•    The film Rustin, featuring Meat Loaf and Zachery Ty Bryan, is available at blockbuster.com.

•   Composing the one-act opera The Christmas Ogre with librettist Jeff Goode.  It will be produced with Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors Christmas 2010 at the Sierra Madre Playhouse.

•   Composing the score to the new musical Cuban Nights, with book by Nic de Armendi, Jonathan Price and Chana Wise (At Home in Mitford), and lyrics by Chana Wise.

•   Composing the score to the ballet Floral Arrangements, choreographed by Susan Shields.

•   Composing the score to Walt - An Opera in Two Acts, based on the play Walt by William Wallace Whitman and featuring a libretto adapted by Whitman.  The opera is about the life and poetry of Walt Whitman.