About Jon Corelis
Jon Corelis was born in California and grew up in and around Chicago, where he earned a degree in Classical Languages and Literatures at the College of the University of Chicago. He later took a doctorate in Classics at Stanford, and taught Classics and Humanities at Stanford, the University of California, and the University of Minnesota. After a subsequent career as a software specialist in Silicon Valley, he now lives in Wisconsin. His poetry and other writings have been published in print and on web sites in eight countries, and he has given lectures and readings by invitation in America and Europe.
He more recently has turned to composing songs and instrumental pieces. His music has been featured on the web site The Flexible Persona, has been performed in concert by the Wisconsin ensemble a very small consortium, by the New York State flute quartet Party of Four, and at Denison University's TUTTI 2019 Festival, and has been recorded by flutist Robin Meiksins for her YouTube recording project 365 Days of Flute, and by clarinetist Emily Mehigh for her YouTube recording project The Miniature Month of May, and by flutist and soprano Beth Ratay.
His Selected Poems is available in a paperback edition on Amazon.
Some of his writings also appear on Medium and Goodreads.
Some of his performed music compositions are available online the following links:
MacNeil of Barra/Sealwoman's Croon/Glenlogie for Solo Flute
Irish Dance for Solo Piccolo - Basler Piccolo Version
Sappho: To Aphrodite For Mezzo-Soprano and Alto Flute
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He is currently also composing musical settings of Songs for Shakespeare's Plays.
If you are interested in requesting permission for using his writing or music, please see his Permissions Page.
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