Solitude is a piece I composed for solo piano which was staged by sculptor Ken Unsworth, choreographed and performed by dancer Anca Frankenhauser, and subsequently filmed by director Sue [...]

The Arrangement is a cantata for six voices, flute, clarinet and piano commissioned by renowned Australian sculptor and performance artist Ken Unsworth and premiered at the Art Gallery of [...]

Mabel Stark: Tiger Tamer A life in song Music by Jonathan Cooper; words by Barb Jungr For mezzo-soprano, four male singers, flute, clarinet, string quintet and piano. A song [...]

Quartet for oboe, two clarinets and bassoon. 1. ...amid squalls of fireworks... 2. ...in a monkey suit... 3. ...on stilts/blindfolded... 4. ...in the dark. The Funambulist's Daring Feats is a [...]

Preludes & Contemplations for piano solo is an ongoing project Jonathan has been working on since 2004.  The pieces are composed with simplicity in mind and range in difficulty [...]

As Easy as Lying (11.35) was composed in 2001 while Jonathan was Music Director of the National Theatre's production of Hamlet with Simon Russell Beale. It was composed for the musicians [...]

Gallimaufry - six pieces for clarinet and pianoWritten January - February 2009 Gallimaufry consists of six pieces for clarinet and piano of varying difficulty (Grades 6 - 8).The word gallimaufry has been [...]