User:Jmclear/Jonathan McLear

Jonathan McLear (born July 27, 1980 in Winfield, Illinois) is an American composer, public school music teacher at West Aurora High School in Aurora, Illinois and the Director of Music at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Batavia, Illinois.

Education
McLear received a Bachelor of Music degree in 2002 from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois. There, he studied with Eric Johnson (choral conducting) and Robert Sims (voice).

Compositions
McLear's compositions stem mainly from his work as Director of Music at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Batavia, Illinois. They include:
 * Advent Gathering (employing the Proper Introit texts as verses)
 * Lenten Introit Processionals (employing the Proper Introit texts as verses)
 * various Responsorial Psalm settings

Other compositions from his work as a public school choral director:
 * Alleluia (for 2006-7 Girls Glee)
 * TTBB arrangements of various popular songs for STUDy hall