Faculty
Emeriti

Jonathan Chenette, PhD

Professor Emeritus of Music
(2008–2024)
Jon Chenette wearing a white shirt, black jacket and light blue tie against a bookshelf background.

Jonathan Chenette’s compositions have received performances on the ISCM World Music Days in Amsterdam, at the World Harp Congress in Vienna, and on an NPR national broadcast. His music appears in publications by Boosey & Hawkes, Theodore Presser, and Fish Creek Music and in recordings on the Innova, Riverrun, Fleur de Son Classics, Capstone, and Parma/Navona labels. A graduate of the University of Chicago with a Ph.D. in music composition and a bachelor’s degree in mathematics, he also holds a master’s degree in music composition from Butler University. He is a Professor Emeritus of Music at Vassar College, where he was previously Dean of the Faculty and Acting (2013) and Interim (2016-17) President. Prior to 2008, he served on the faculty at Grinnell College for twenty-five years and as Associate Dean at the end of that period.

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