Jonathan B. McNair’s music has been performed across the U.S.A., and in Canada, Brazil, Puerto Rico and Germany. Recordings are available on the Capstone, ACA Digital, and AUR labels. Selected works are published by MLKeepe Music and the SCI Journal of Scores. He was named Tennessee Composer of the Year for 2008 by the Tennessee Music Teachers Association. McNair has received grants and commissions from CreateHere.org, Choral Arts of Chattanooga, Allied Arts of Greater Chattanooga, TMTA, Chattanooga Downtown Partnership, Ballet Tennessee, the Chattanooga Symphony chamber players, the Chattanooga Clarinet Choir, and the American Composers Forum for its “Faith Partners” program and VivaVoce! Choral music camp. He has also been a resident composer at the Ucross Foundation, the Hambidge Center, and I-Park. McNair studied composition at The Cleveland Institute of Music, Southern Methodist University, and Appalachian State University. He is a U.C. Foundation Associate Professor of Music Theory and Composition at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, where he periodically produces contemporary music concerts.