Biography
Jason Francesco Heath is a Los Angeles based composer and a Ph.D. candidate in Composition at the University of California , Riverside .
He has studied at UCLA and at the conservatory of the University of Valparaíso in Chile . Jason has studied composition with flute virtuoso and composer James Newton, composer, Paulo Chagas and classical guitar with composer/guitarist Matthew Elgart of the Elgart/Yates duo.
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His music has been performed by Mládi chamber orchestra, the Denali string quartet, and has been heard at such diverse venues as KXLU 88.9 and the Grand Performances series at Los Angeles' California Plaza. Jason composes music for films and documentaries as well as art music for mixed media and chamber ensembles of various instrumentations.
As associate director of the Experimental Acoustic Research Studio (EARS) he is dedicated to the advancement of new multi-disciplinary approaches to digital music and new media composition, promoting new performance modalities and exploring ever-evolving digital technologies.
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