Composer and pianist, NYC Programs and Initiatives, Composers Now https://linktr.ee/jonathanhowardkatzhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanhowardkatz.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanhowardkatz.bsky.social/post/3mtt6skmskc2lMake a band bigger: The Hypermeterles [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Aug 2026 11:21 +0000at://did:plc:hrndwplfs5cll3tja5mfummu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtt6skmskc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanhowardkatz.bsky.social/post/3mtrof5lddk2mHaven't posted here for a while, so here's some of my solo piano music! https://youtu.be/iaJ2v2n5ALY?is=l0wqY513elz6lcTM23 Aug 2026 20:55 +0000at://did:plc:hrndwplfs5cll3tja5mfummu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrof5lddk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanhowardkatz.bsky.social/post/3mmhwd4nue22fDreamt last night that there was a concert series run by an eccentric guy who'd ask musicians what rep they always have more or less ready to go and then book them to play that two weeks before the concert.22 May 2026 21:54 +0000at://did:plc:hrndwplfs5cll3tja5mfummu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmhwd4nue22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanhowardkatz.bsky.social/post/3mfa5votv6s2eHappy 100th to Kurtág! https://youtu.be/-bOJooZV5VA?si=llDCHHy1cKkVLcvn19 Feb 2026 17:52 +0000at://did:plc:hrndwplfs5cll3tja5mfummu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfa5votv6s2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanhowardkatz.bsky.social/post/3m6p2ydye6k2eIntroduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen: Alexei Sultanov Radu Lupu (x2) Martha Argerich Alfred Brendel (x2) Victor Borge [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Nov 2025 14:13 +0000at://did:plc:hrndwplfs5cll3tja5mfummu/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6p2ydye6k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanhowardkatz.bsky.social/post/3m5hz2ig4h222Concert 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!13 Nov 2025 01:25 +0000at://did:plc:hrndwplfs5cll3tja5mfummu/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5hz2ig4h222https://bsky.app/profile/jonathanhowardkatz.bsky.social/post/3lzgluxxdec2usubtly downgrade a band Followed Zeppelin [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Sep 2025 14:16 +0000at://did:plc:hrndwplfs5cll3tja5mfummu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzgluxxdec2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanhowardkatz.bsky.social/post/3lyd4j4jcoc2bSlightly diminish a book Ulysses S. Grant 2665 Crime and Contrition A Charcoal Sketch of the Artist as a Young Man Extended Jest [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Sep 2025 11:37 +0000at://did:plc:hrndwplfs5cll3tja5mfummu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyd4j4jcoc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanhowardkatz.bsky.social/post/3lovrklr3hk2jOkay, now I understand why the collective noun for cicadas is "a tired cello section."11 May 2025 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:hrndwplfs5cll3tja5mfummu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lovrklr3hk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanhowardkatz.bsky.social/post/3liv5fwbeik2tAge yourself with a movie you saw in the theater. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Feb 2025 00:58 +0000at://did:plc:hrndwplfs5cll3tja5mfummu/app.bsky.feed.post/3liv5fwbeik2thttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanhowardkatz.bsky.social/post/3lhd3p72vgs23I 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.04 Feb 2025 03:15 +0000at://did:plc:hrndwplfs5cll3tja5mfummu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhd3p72vgs23https://bsky.app/profile/jonathanhowardkatz.bsky.social/post/3lgotzmuvmc2uIf you see this, post a fictional artist/band you would love to see live (these two tied) [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Jan 2025 02:04 +0000at://did:plc:hrndwplfs5cll3tja5mfummu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgotzmuvmc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanhowardkatz.bsky.social/post/3ldnwdma6b22mIt's-a me, Stockhausen. (Dreamt that I said that to a friend and we both laughed uncontrollably for minutes.)19 Dec 2024 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:hrndwplfs5cll3tja5mfummu/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldnwdma6b22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanhowardkatz.bsky.social/post/3lbqlacuuwc2zIs this also a platform to share exciting professional news? Because I found out last week I'm getting a NYSCA commission!25 Nov 2024 03:26 +0000at://did:plc:hrndwplfs5cll3tja5mfummu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbqlacuuwc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanhowardkatz.bsky.social/post/3lbdskt43uc2rAge yourself with your first computer: [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Nov 2024 01:33 +0000at://did:plc:hrndwplfs5cll3tja5mfummu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbdskt43uc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanhowardkatz.bsky.social/post/3lb5iz3hfxk2sOkay, 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:17 Nov 2024 13:26 +0000at://did:plc:hrndwplfs5cll3tja5mfummu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb5iz3hfxk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanhowardkatz.bsky.social/post/3kznhptowbh2k [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Aug 2024 02:24 +0000at://did:plc:hrndwplfs5cll3tja5mfummu/app.bsky.feed.post/3kznhptowbh2khttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanhowardkatz.bsky.social/post/3kupz5y5yab2hMake a movie milder: Raiders of the Lost Sock Mr. Strangelike Star Skirmishes Ghostlecturers Partial Metal Jacket The Man Who Knew the Right Amount [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Jun 2024 11:35 +0000at://did:plc:hrndwplfs5cll3tja5mfummu/app.bsky.feed.post/3kupz5y5yab2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanhowardkatz.bsky.social/post/3kj6vfa6g7g2cDreamt 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.17 Jan 2024 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:hrndwplfs5cll3tja5mfummu/app.bsky.feed.post/3kj6vfa6g7g2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanhowardkatz.bsky.social/post/3kej4pwejw32pDavid Del Tredici has, sadly, passed after a long illness. A kind and generous human being. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/18/arts/music/david-del-tredici-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1._kw.lg_Q.XoGx8B0RRypc&smid=url-share19 Nov 2023 03:07 +0000at://did:plc:hrndwplfs5cll3tja5mfummu/app.bsky.feed.post/3kej4pwejw32phttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanhowardkatz.bsky.social/post/3k6xigdu6pq2fDreamt a friend was bitten by a salmon and had to cancel a performance.09 Sep 2023 11:43 +0000at://did:plc:hrndwplfs5cll3tja5mfummu/app.bsky.feed.post/3k6xigdu6pq2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanhowardkatz.bsky.social/post/3k673cu7koa2fHas 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?30 Aug 2023 18:44 +0000at://did:plc:hrndwplfs5cll3tja5mfummu/app.bsky.feed.post/3k673cu7koa2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanhowardkatz.bsky.social/post/3k6466c3p3g26"A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma" — so, an epistemological turducken?29 Aug 2023 14:57 +0000at://did:plc:hrndwplfs5cll3tja5mfummu/app.bsky.feed.post/3k6466c3p3g26https://bsky.app/profile/jonathanhowardkatz.bsky.social/post/3k5g2eaddv52gFound this years-old Henle catalog inserted in a score, and tbh I'm kinda bummed I missed out on the Balakirev sale.20 Aug 2023 19:50 +0000at://did:plc:hrndwplfs5cll3tja5mfummu/app.bsky.feed.post/3k5g2eaddv52ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanhowardkatz.bsky.social/post/3k5bgyb3pnh2aA bit perplexed by what Google thinks I'd be interested in:18 Aug 2023 23:53 +0000at://did:plc:hrndwplfs5cll3tja5mfummu/app.bsky.feed.post/3k5bgyb3pnh2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathanhowardkatz.bsky.social/post/3k3h6lghz5b2uStill not fully sure what I'm supposed to do here, but here we are!26 Jul 2023 19:48 +0000at://did:plc:hrndwplfs5cll3tja5mfummu/app.bsky.feed.post/3k3h6lghz5b2u