Jonathan Haas

Jonathan Haas is a conductor, orchestral timpanist, solo percussionist, teacher, and clinician acclaimed for his performances of Philip Glass’s Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra, which he commissioned and has performed seventy times worldwide. He is principal percussionist of the American Symphony Orchestra, principal timpanist of the New York Pops Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, principal timpanist of the Aspen Chamber Symphony, and percussionist of the American Composers Orchestra.

Music Professor and Director of Percussion Studies at New York University, Jonathan Haas conducts the NYU Contemporary Music Ensemble, Aspen Percussion Ensemble, and JPC Percussion Ensemble, and teaches in the pre-college division at The Juilliard School. Having performed and recorded with Emerson Lake and Palmer, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, The Who, and Zappa’s Universe, he is also known for his Hot Jazz Timpani performances, in combination with his nine-piece Latin/jazz ensemble Johnny H. and The Prisoners of Swing. With Ian Finkel, Haas is the author of Jazz Virtuostics for Timpani (Bachovich), a method book.