Jonathan Howard Katz
@jonathanhowardkatz.bsky.social
Composer and pianist, NYC
Programs and Initiatives, Composers Now
https://linktr.ee/jonathanhowardkatz
Programs and Initiatives, Composers Now
https://linktr.ee/jonathanhowardkatz
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Concert announcement! NYC people, please save December 13 for this program of my music performed by a bunch of wonderful musicians who don't appear to be on Bluesky. Link in bio for tickets and program info!
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Alexei Sultanov
Radu Lupu (x2)
Martha Argerich
Alfred Brendel (x2)
Victor Borge
Alexei Sultanov
Radu Lupu (x2)
Martha Argerich
Alfred Brendel (x2)
Victor Borge
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
King Crimson (20x, 1981-2021)
Miles Davis
Leontyne Price
Astor Piazzolla
Butthole Surfers
King Crimson (20x, 1981-2021)
Miles Davis
Leontyne Price
Astor Piazzolla
Butthole Surfers
November 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Alexei Sultanov
Radu Lupu (x2)
Martha Argerich
Alfred Brendel (x2)
Victor Borge
Alexei Sultanov
Radu Lupu (x2)
Martha Argerich
Alfred Brendel (x2)
Victor Borge
Concert announcement! NYC people, please save December 13 for this program of my music performed by a bunch of wonderful musicians who don't appear to be on Bluesky. Link in bio for tickets and program info!
November 13, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Concert announcement! NYC people, please save December 13 for this program of my music performed by a bunch of wonderful musicians who don't appear to be on Bluesky. Link in bio for tickets and program info!
subtly downgrade a band
Followed Zeppelin
Followed Zeppelin
pebble jam
subtly downgrade a band
u1
u1
September 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
subtly downgrade a band
Followed Zeppelin
Followed Zeppelin
Slightly diminish a book
Ulysses S. Grant
2665
Crime and Contrition
A Charcoal Sketch of the Artist as a Young Man
Extended Jest
Ulysses S. Grant
2665
Crime and Contrition
A Charcoal Sketch of the Artist as a Young Man
Extended Jest
Slightly diminish a book
The Children of Dudes
The Children of Dudes
Slightly diminish a book
The Relatively Manageable Lightness of Being
The Relatively Manageable Lightness of Being
September 8, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Slightly diminish a book
Ulysses S. Grant
2665
Crime and Contrition
A Charcoal Sketch of the Artist as a Young Man
Extended Jest
Ulysses S. Grant
2665
Crime and Contrition
A Charcoal Sketch of the Artist as a Young Man
Extended Jest
Okay, now I understand why the collective noun for cicadas is "a tired cello section."
May 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Okay, now I understand why the collective noun for cicadas is "a tired cello section."
Age yourself with a movie you saw in the theater.
February 24, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Age yourself with a movie you saw in the theater.
I took this picture of my neighbor's cat last night while he was roaming the hallway unattended, a minute before he followed me INTO my apartment and I had to (gently) chase him around till he let me get close enough to scoop him up and deposit him back in the hallway.
February 4, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I took this picture of my neighbor's cat last night while he was roaming the hallway unattended, a minute before he followed me INTO my apartment and I had to (gently) chase him around till he let me get close enough to scoop him up and deposit him back in the hallway.
If you see this, post a fictional artist/band you would love to see live (these two tied)
January 27, 2025 at 2:04 AM
If you see this, post a fictional artist/band you would love to see live (these two tied)
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This is real. I just turned it off. They track you everywhere, because they can.
UM, I had NO idea facebook was tracking everything I did on the internet. EVERYTHING. I have diligently blocked and followed all ways to try to stop this messed up social media from taking from me, but this is the final straw… THESE JERKS! AGH! [screenshots on how to do it in the comments]
January 20, 2025 at 8:57 AM
This is real. I just turned it off. They track you everywhere, because they can.
It's-a me, Stockhausen.
(Dreamt that I said that to a friend and we both laughed uncontrollably for minutes.)
(Dreamt that I said that to a friend and we both laughed uncontrollably for minutes.)
December 19, 2024 at 12:57 PM
It's-a me, Stockhausen.
(Dreamt that I said that to a friend and we both laughed uncontrollably for minutes.)
(Dreamt that I said that to a friend and we both laughed uncontrollably for minutes.)
Is this also a platform to share exciting professional news? Because I found out last week I'm getting a NYSCA commission!
November 25, 2024 at 3:26 AM
Is this also a platform to share exciting professional news? Because I found out last week I'm getting a NYSCA commission!
Age yourself with your first computer:
November 20, 2024 at 1:33 AM
Age yourself with your first computer:
Okay, I'm going to make an effort to post more of my own stuff here than in the old place! Here's a bit of my piece Trace (2013) from recital prep this past September:
November 17, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Okay, I'm going to make an effort to post more of my own stuff here than in the old place! Here's a bit of my piece Trace (2013) from recital prep this past September:
Reposted by Jonathan Howard Katz
one thing i will insert into the debate about leaving Twitter is that the idea of the "internet public square"--where everyone all has to be on one app engaging with everyone else--is an invention of tech companies (and the billionaires who run them) seeking constant growth
November 10, 2024 at 7:35 PM
one thing i will insert into the debate about leaving Twitter is that the idea of the "internet public square"--where everyone all has to be on one app engaging with everyone else--is an invention of tech companies (and the billionaires who run them) seeking constant growth
Make a movie milder:
Raiders of the Lost Sock
Mr. Strangelike
Star Skirmishes
Ghostlecturers
Partial Metal Jacket
The Man Who Knew the Right Amount
Raiders of the Lost Sock
Mr. Strangelike
Star Skirmishes
Ghostlecturers
Partial Metal Jacket
The Man Who Knew the Right Amount
Make a movie milder:
Top Water Pistol
Top Water Pistol
Make a movie milder:
Cracked Back Mountain
Cracked Back Mountain
June 12, 2024 at 11:35 AM
Make a movie milder:
Raiders of the Lost Sock
Mr. Strangelike
Star Skirmishes
Ghostlecturers
Partial Metal Jacket
The Man Who Knew the Right Amount
Raiders of the Lost Sock
Mr. Strangelike
Star Skirmishes
Ghostlecturers
Partial Metal Jacket
The Man Who Knew the Right Amount
Dreamt last night that there was a new fad of writing 7th chords without the 7th (called "sevless" I think). Turned out it was a voice-leading trick involving a pedal point and didn't make much sense. Made even less when I woke up.
January 17, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Dreamt last night that there was a new fad of writing 7th chords without the 7th (called "sevless" I think). Turned out it was a voice-leading trick involving a pedal point and didn't make much sense. Made even less when I woke up.
David Del Tredici has, sadly, passed after a long illness. A kind and generous human being.
www.nytimes.com/2023/11/18/a...
www.nytimes.com/2023/11/18/a...
November 19, 2023 at 3:07 AM
David Del Tredici has, sadly, passed after a long illness. A kind and generous human being.
www.nytimes.com/2023/11/18/a...
www.nytimes.com/2023/11/18/a...
Dreamt a friend was bitten by a salmon and had to cancel a performance.
September 9, 2023 at 11:43 AM
Dreamt a friend was bitten by a salmon and had to cancel a performance.
Has anyone else noticed that the opening of Prokofiev's second piano concerto is almost a retrograde of the opening of Brahms's second piano concerto, or am I late to the party?
August 30, 2023 at 6:44 PM
Has anyone else noticed that the opening of Prokofiev's second piano concerto is almost a retrograde of the opening of Brahms's second piano concerto, or am I late to the party?
"A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma" — so, an epistemological turducken?
August 29, 2023 at 2:57 PM
"A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma" — so, an epistemological turducken?
Found this years-old Henle catalog inserted in a score, and tbh I'm kinda bummed I missed out on the Balakirev sale.
August 20, 2023 at 7:50 PM
Found this years-old Henle catalog inserted in a score, and tbh I'm kinda bummed I missed out on the Balakirev sale.
A bit perplexed by what Google thinks I'd be interested in:
August 18, 2023 at 11:53 PM
A bit perplexed by what Google thinks I'd be interested in:
Still not fully sure what I'm supposed to do here, but here we are!
July 26, 2023 at 7:48 PM
Still not fully sure what I'm supposed to do here, but here we are!