Jon Jeffrey Grier

Jon Jeffrey Grier holds a B.A. from Kalamazoo College, studying composition with Lawrence Rackley; an M.M. in Composition from Western Michigan University, studying with Ramon Zupko; and an M.M. in Theory and a D.M.A. in Composition from the University of South Carolina, where he studied with Dick Goodwin and Sam Douglas. Jon has taught Advanced Placement Music Theory and Music History at the Greenville Fine Arts Center, a magnet school of the arts in Greenville, SC since 1988. He composes frequently for student and faculty ensembles at the FAC, usually when he should really be grading papers. Jon has also been a writer/keyboardist with various jazz and jazz‑fusion ensembles in Greenville since 1984. He lives with wife Marion, sons Benjamin and Daniel, and lab‑mix‑mutt Sallie‑Mae.

Visit Jon on the web at www.newertunes.com.