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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 books Selected Poems and Essays (3rd ed. 2025) and Music for Shakespeare's The Tempest: Songs and Incidental Music are available in paperback editions on Amazon.
Some of his writings or discussion comments also appear on Medium, Goodreads, Hello Poetry, and The Session.
Some of his musical compositions, in the form of scores and/or software generated demo audio files, are available on SCI, YouTube, SoundCloud, audio, and MuseScore.
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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