Jonathan Wisner, native of Houston, TX, has appeared as a chamber musician, recitalist, and orchestral percussionist across the United States. He was most recently chosen to play timpani in a side-by-side concert with the Cleveland orchestra and was awarded the timpani fellowship at the Aspen Music Festival. His first studies began at the age of six, with piano lessons. Very soon afterwards, he became drawn to percussion, beginning his first formal training at the age of eight. He would then start taking private lessons with Craig Green, a local percussion teacher who has taught some of the most talented drummers coming out of Houston. Wisner would soon enter the prestigious High School for the Performing and Visual Arts making percussion his main subject. In high school, Wisner started taking lessons with Patrick Kelly, jazz drummer Joel Fulgham, and Matthew Strauss, percussionist with the Houston Symphony. In 2010, Wisner was offered a full tuition scholarship to study music at the University of Miami Frost School of Music, where he continued his studies with Svet Stoyanov and Matthew Strauss. Throughout Wisner's career he has participated in various summer festivals and programs across the country, such as the Aspen Music Festival and School, Round Top Music Festival, the Boston University Tanglewood Institute, and Juilliard Summer Percussion Seminar. He has played under the batons of David Robertson, Robert Spano, Gunther Schuller, Christoph Campestrini, Ingo Metzmacher, Matthias Pintscher, Joshua Weilerstein, among others; and, he has performed with the Miami Symphony, Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra, and Aspen Festival Orchestra. He has studied privately and attended master classes given by some of the most renowned percussionists, including David Herbert, Tom Freer, Paul Yancich, Jacob Nissly, Doug Howard, Tom Stubbs, Joe Pereira, Tim Genis, Ted Atkatz, Dan Druckman, Greg Zuber, Gwen Thrasher, Jonathan Haas, and many more. Wisner is currently a Senior at the University of Miami, pursuing his degree in percussion performance
