Jonathan Glawe is a music educator currently living in Eugene, Oregon. He is a college graduate with a bachelor of music education from the University of Kansas, and a former strings director in the Darien Public School District in Darien, Connecticut. Mr. Glawe is currently finishing his masters degree at the University of Oregon, in which his area of focus has been instrumental conducting and jazz string education. He currently conducts the UO Campus Orchestra, the Concerto Orchestra, and assists with the University Symphony as needed. He also teaches a jazz string class. While teaching in Connecticut, Mr. Glawe was heavily involved in string education as a board member of Connecticut ASTA, and presented at the CMEA conference in the spring of 2006 on the topic of double bass bows. Mr. Glawe was also involved with additional conducting opportunities in the Northeast, including rehearsing the American Chamber Orchestra and the Fairfield County Symphony Society when needed. In addition to his classical training, Mr. Glawe has conducted clinics in the Midwest as well as in the Pacific Northwest on the topic of jazz in the strings classroom, and how to work with orchestras as a choral director. Jonathan has also served as the faculty/ resident double bassist and beginning string and choral ensemble director at Encore/Coda String Summer Camp in Sweden, Maine.

As a double bassist, Mr. Glawe has performed with many orchestras throughout the Midwest, Northeast, and Northwest. Some of these include the Waterloo/Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra, the Lawrence Chamber Orchestra, the Kansas City Philharmonia Orchestra, the Topeka Symphony Orchestra, the American Chamber Orchestra, and the St. Thomas Orchestra. Mr Glawe currently subs in the Eugene and Corvallis Symphony Orchestras while living in Eugene.

In his spare time, Mr. Glawe enjoys making studio recordings and has played in and led Latin American music ensembles, jazz string combos, as well as contemporary chamber groups. He enjoys painting, cooking, deep score study, and is a huge sports fan, though sadly he has not experienced much success with that part of his life as a Chicago Cubs fan. =)