Jonathan Dimmock has performed for music lovers in churches, major concert halls, music festivals, and cathedrals throughout the world. He also has been interviewed and featured often on National Public Radio, Radio France, BBC3, ABC (Australia), MTV2 (Budapest), and SABC (South Africa).

A graduate of Oberlin Conservatory, Yale School of Music and Yale Divinity School, he became the first American ever to hold the prestigious position of Organ Scholar of Westminster Abbey. He then went on to serve two American cathedrals, St. John the Divine in New York City, and St. Mark’s in Minneapolis. He also has carried his vocation to California, serving several churches in the San Francisco Bay area. He is currently Director of Music at St. John’s Church in Ross (Marin County).

Co-founder of the acclaimed American Bach Soloists, and founding director of a baroque chamber ensemble and professional chamber choir, he is a leader in the areas of early performance practice, conducting, vocal coaching, accompanying, and continuo playing.

His teachers have included Haskell Thomson, William Porter, Harald Vogel, Thomas Murray, Jean Langlais, and Dame Gillian Weir. His interest in French improvisational styles led him to pursue study with Frédéric Blanc, Naji Hakim, Nigel Allcoat, and Gerre Hancock. He is a published composer and writer, and his more-than-twenty CDs appear on labels including Gothic, Loft, Arkay,BCI Records, Time-Warner Recordings, and Koch International. His solo Bach recording received a Grammy nomination in 1992.

His appreciation of the healing power of music led him to found the nonprofit organization, Art to the Nations. Based in San Francisco but with an international platform, Art to the Nations employs artists from all over the world to serve as catalysts within meetings, negotiations, and eliberations, inspiring a recognition of our common humanity and creating new possibilities for positive outcomes. Mr. Dimmock is also a Reiki practitioner.