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Jonathan Minkoff has directed various a cappella groups since 1984. Six of those years were spent as the Founder and Artistic Director of the full-time men's a cappella rock quartet, Blind Man's Bluff. While directing and performing with Bluff, he toured nationally, recorded radio and TV commercials, shared the stage with national recording artists like All-4-One, headlined the Improv Comedy Club, sang the anthem for the World Champion Chicago Bulls and performed in front of crowds larger than 100,000.

Minkoff holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Education (with a minor equivalent in theatre) from Northwestern University. Minkoff also holds a Juris Doctorate, cum laude with a concentration in Intellectual Property (copyrights, trademarks, entertainment law etc.) with honors from Boston University School of Law where he received the Dean's Award for achievement in Copyright Law. Minkoff is admitted to practice in both New York and Massachusetts. Minkoff also completed a certificate program in voice at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute.

Jonathan Minkoff was the choral director and voice instructor for Grayslake High School. He has received numerous musical awards including the National Harmony Sweepstakes' Best Original Song and Best Original Composition, Chicago's Sweeps Champion, and Chicago's Audience Favorite. Minkoff is a frequent judge at both collegiate and professional a cappella competitions including the New York and Chicago Harmony Sweepstakes, NCHSA and ICCA/Varsity Vocals. Minkoff has conducted seminars in a cappella at the 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008 East Coast A cappella Summits and at SoJam 2005. For his own vocal compositions, Minkoff was selected as one of only two composers in the prestigious New York City Genesius Guild's Revolutionary Writers program.

Jonathan Minkoff has served as the Executive Director and Producer for the East Coast A cappella Summit since 2003. He has served three terms as the President of CASA - The Contemporary A Cappella Society, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the furtherance of a cappella music.

In late 2004 Minkoff received national attention as a featured expert in a cappella music on The Jane Pauley Show where he also musically directed, arranged for, and performed with the Jane Pauley Singers.

Minkoff runs a ProTools HD|3 based, vocal-centered recording studio, "Minkoff Arts, LLC" (formerly Jungle Studios), where he records, writes and produces for various artists like: former Boston Harmony Sweepstakes Champions, Ball In the House, Vocal Percussionist Extraordinaire, Wes Carroll, Voiceover Queen, Diana Preisler and others. The studio is physically located on 42nd Street, in the heart of Manhattan.

In 2005, Minkoff joined the pop funk a cappella band, Blue Jupiter as a pro temp member. Performance highlights have included tours of the US and Asia and performances on nationally syndicated radio.

During daylight hours Minkoff can be found as the youngest partner of the law firm of Fuchsberg & Fuchsberg, LLP. The firm has more than half a century's expertise in personal injury and medical malpractice. Minkoff has since expanded his personal practice to include artists and businesses who need intellectual property and entertainment law representation.

Personal Motto: sleep is for the weak.

Jonathan Minkoff
jminkoff@rarb.org

Reviews by Jonathan Minkoff

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Harvard-Radcliffe Veritones (Harvard University) - VeriStance [23 Jul 2008]

The Bostonians (Boston College) - Brandy Station [17 Jul 2008]

Maybebop - Superheld Live [06 Jul 2008]

Yellowjackets (University of Rochester) - Bringing Yellow Back [17 May 2008]

AACI - Sing IV: Good Medicine [05 May 2008]

The Achordants (University of North Carolina) - High Stakes Old Maid [03 May 2008]

Troy Tones (University of Southern California) - Goodnight! [12 Apr 2008]

Not Too Sharp (University of New Hampshire) - Not Too Sharp [23 Mar 2008]

The Pennharmonics (Penn State University) - Acappocalypse [11 Feb 2008]

MIT Muses (MIT) - Soapbox [10 Jan 2008]

Kol Echad (Boston University) - Shesh Besh [01 Jan 2008]

T Minus 5 - Road Trip [01 Dec 2007]

Ensemble Amarcord - The Book of Madrigals [23 Nov 2007]

Six13 - Encore [20 Oct 2007]

Germantown Friends School A Cappella (Germantown Friends School) - When Hairy Met Sushi [18 Oct 2007]

Cadence (Occidental) (Occidental College) - Cadence Comes Alive! [14 Oct 2007]

Home Free - From the Top [08 Oct 2007]

Ladies In Red (North Carolina State University) - Retrospection [13 Sep 2007]

Maybebop - Superheld [02 Aug 2007]

2PRAISE - Join 2 Sing [15 Jul 2007]

The Binghamton Crosbys (Binghamton University) - Roadtrip to Munzville [29 Jun 2007]

PandemoniUM (University of Maryland) - Music To Spoon To [25 Jun 2007]

Undertone - It's About Time [16 Jun 2007]

Shir Appeal (Tufts University) - Zoozin' [14 Jun 2007]

Logarhythms (MIT) - Natural [19 May 2007]

Kalamazoo Babershop Chorus & Quartets - The Road We've Traveled [15 May 2007]

Face - Forward [13 May 2007]

UGA Noteworthy (University of Georgia) - 99 Problems But A Pitch Ain't One [26 Mar 2007]

Deja Blue (Duke University) - Fashionably Late [27 Feb 2007]

Straight No Chaser (Indiana University) - Another Round [13 Feb 2007]

The Achordants (University of North Carolina) - Polluted with Style [30 Jan 2007]

High Street A Cappella - In the Cool of the Evening [22 Jan 2007]

Ensemble Amarcord - Nun komm der Heiden Heiland [26 Dec 2006]

InToneNation (Montgomery Blair High School) - Will Sing For Pants [30 Nov 2006]

SoCal VoCals (University of Southern California) - Get in. ROCK. Get out. [27 Nov 2006]

UNC Loreleis (University of North Carolina) - Downstairs [18 Nov 2006]

Harvard LowKeys (Harvard University) - Unlocked [25 Oct 2006]

The Stanford Mendicants (Stanford University) - Beggar's Dozen [21 Oct 2006]

Tupelos (Wellesley College) - ROUGE [15 Sep 2006]

Ascending Height - Turn It Up [11 Sep 2006]

TakeNote (Clemson University) - Now That We Have Your Attention [09 Sep 2006]

The Hullabahoos (University of Virginia) - Off The Dock [06 Sep 2006]

Take 6 - Feels Good [16 Aug 2006]

Fifth Element - Blacks and Blues [14 Aug 2006]

Straight No Chaser (Indiana University) - Live at the Musical Arts Center [08 Aug 2006]

Ransom Notes (University of Chicago) - Throw Away The Key [01 Aug 2006]

Harmonic Motion (Brown University) - Unzipped [28 Jul 2006]

Fretless - All The Things We Are [09 Jun 2006]

Bare Naked Statues (St. Louis University) (Saint Louis University) - Please, Don't Feed the Statues! [24 May 2006]

Maybebop - Immer für Dich da! [16 May 2006]

Divisi (University of Oregon) - Undivided [14 May 2006]

5-Alone - Heavenly [30 Apr 2006]

The Bobs - Rhapsody in Bob [26 Apr 2006]

Groove Society - Groove Society [22 Apr 2006]

Chicago A Cappella - Shall I Compare Thee? [31 Dec 2005]

Maybebop - Weihnacht [31 Dec 2005]

Voice Trek - An A cappella Trek [30 Dec 2005]

Six13 - Six13 [26 Dec 2005]

Harmonettes (University of Michigan) - A New Rendition [13 Dec 2005]

Chicago A Cappella - Eclectric [16 Nov 2005]

Cadence - Twenty For One [14 Nov 2005]

Sons of the Day - Light [05 Nov 2005]

Ascending Height - If This Is Right [24 Oct 2005]

Riltons vänner - Här är passion [03 Oct 2005]

Apotheosis (Texas A&M University) - A Little More Runway [12 Sep 2005]

Sympathetic Vibrations (Georgia Tech) - Techtonic [07 Sep 2005]

The Binghamton Crosbys (Binghamton University) - Crabs and Tartar Sauce [05 Aug 2005]

Eclipse - For Show [22 Jul 2005]

The Midnight Ramblers (University of Rochester) - The Blue Album [29 Jun 2005]

maennerquartett schnittpunktvokal & Kvartet Vita - Weihnacht in Österreich (Christmas in Austria) - a cappella [27 Jun 2005]

4:2:Five - Unstoppable [17 Jun 2005]

Fleet Street Singers (Stanford University) - Fleet Street [14 Jun 2005]

The Melismatics (Lehigh University) - Just What You Need [09 Jun 2005]

The Swingle Singers - Mood Swings [10 Mar 2005]

Rock4 - Crazy English Summer [06 Mar 2005]

Martin Carbow - A Cappella & More [11 Feb 2005]

TakeNote (Clemson University) - On the M60 [09 Feb 2005]

Staticflow - Staticflow [02 Feb 2005]

Maybebop - Heisse Luft [27 Jan 2005]

UNC Loreleis (University of North Carolina) - Take a Big Whiff! [25 Jan 2005]

The Bobs - Best of the Bobs: 20 Songs, 20 Years [21 Dec 2004]

Divisi (University of Oregon) - RED HOT [17 Dec 2004]

T Minus 5 - Purity [22 Nov 2004]

The Stanford Mendicants (Stanford University) - Mendication [11 Oct 2004]

The Midnight Ramblers (University of Rochester) - Alternate Route [05 Oct 2004]

Logarhythms (MIT) - Soundproof [24 Sep 2004]

Fifth Element - Welcome To The Show [08 Aug 2004]

Q - Q: The First Year [04 Aug 2004]

The Hullabahoos (University of Virginia) - Jacked [26 Jul 2004]

SoCal VoCals (University of Southern California) - The SoCal VoCals [01 Jun 2004]

Jackson Jills (Tufts University) - Out of the Red [30 May 2004]

5-Alone - Good Vibrations [03 May 2004]

Dischord (University of Pennsylvania) - Changes [31 Mar 2004]

Voice Trek - Voices of Light [31 Jan 2004]

Redefined (University of Wisconsin - Madison) - Redefined [14 Jan 2004]

ManSound - Slavic Roots [07 Jan 2004]

The Persuasions - A Cappella Dreams [28 Dec 2003]

Chattertocks (Brown University) - All Modesty Aside [24 Oct 2003]

PandemoniUM (University of Maryland) - Syncopated [13 Aug 2003]

Compulsive Lyres (University of Michigan) - 12 Step Program [24 Jul 2003]

Phalanx (Elizabethtown College) - Home-Grown [22 Jul 2003]

The Exboyfriends - Karaoke Bar Brawl [31 May 2003]

Sweet Honey In The Rock - The Women Gather [23 May 2003]

WIBI - In the Pocket [31 Mar 2003]

Shir Appeal (Tufts University) - Unpealed [17 Mar 2003]

Harvard-Radcliffe Veritones (Harvard University) - Imprudence [24 Feb 2003]

The Nylons - Play On [31 Dec 2002]

The Stanford Mendicants (Stanford University) - Best Laid Plans [23 Dec 2002]

The Conn Artists - First Offense [05 Dec 2002]

Blue Jupiter - Ear Candy [22 Nov 2002]

Reverse Osmosis (University of Southern California) - Aural Pleasure [11 Nov 2002]

Acoustix - O Worship The King [28 Sep 2002]

Hookslide - Original Spin [09 Sep 2002]

Straight No Chaser (Indiana University) - Thank You [06 Sep 2002]

The Binghamton Crosbys (Binghamton University) - Crosbys 101 [19 Aug 2002]

Fifth Element - The Element Strikes Back [16 Aug 2002]

Maybebop - Auf die Ohren [12 Aug 2002]

X-Changed (David Lipscomb University) - X-Changed [21 Jul 2002]

Eclipse - Once [11 Jul 2002]

Musikanten - Sacred Choral Music of Robert Evett [09 Jul 2002]

The Persuasions - The Persuasions Sing The Beatles [27 Jun 2002]

SoCal VoCals (University of Southern California) - V3: Previously Unreleased [01 Jun 2002]

SoVoSó - Bridges [23 Apr 2002]

Spirit - An Evening in December with Spirit [09 Feb 2002]

Everyday People (Stanford University) - Extended Play [25 Sep 2001]

Cadence - Frost-Free [22 Sep 2001]

Fleet Street Singers (Stanford University) - Fearless [09 Sep 2001]

The Nylons - Fabric of Life Vocal Percussion Remix [31 Jul 2001]

Harmonic Motion (Brown University) - Higher [28 Jul 2001]

Chattertocks (Brown University) - Classic [25 Jul 2001]

VoiceMale (Brandeis University) - VoiceMale [25 Jun 2001]

The Bobs - Coaster [17 Apr 2001]

Phalanx (Elizabethtown College) - Goodphellas [16 Apr 2001]

The Stanford Mendicants (Stanford University) - Room To Grow [23 Mar 2001]

Various Artists - BOCA 2K [20 Mar 2001]

The Persuasions - Might As Well... The Persuasions Sing Grateful Dead [08 Mar 2001]

Five O'Clock Shadow - Wonders of the World [04 Mar 2001]

Various Artists - CARAs 1998 [12 Feb 2001]

Various Artists - CARAs 2000 [30 Dec 2000]

Various Artists - Barbershop's Best [30 Dec 2000]

The Binghamton Crosbys (Binghamton University) - Songs in the Key of Nishole [30 Dec 2000]

Off the Beat (University of Pennsylvania) - Animal 57 [24 Dec 2000]

Off the Beat (University of Pennsylvania) - Patio [20 Dec 2000]

Kaskeset (Binghamton University) - Shir Pleasure [07 Dec 2000]

A Cappella Angels - An A Cappella Christmas [30 Nov 2000]

Mosaic Whispers (Washington University) - Throw Your Pennies at Someone Else [19 Nov 2000]

Voices (Moses Brown School) - Baby On Board [05 Nov 2000]

KiCKSHAW - Superstar [27 Oct 2000]

Gregorian Chant Schola of St. Meinrad Archabbey - Gregorian Chant for Advent & Christmas [17 Oct 2000]

The Persuasions - Frankly A Cappella - The Persuasions Sing Zappa [16 Oct 2000]

Voices (Moses Brown School) - After Hours [05 Oct 2000]

Talisman (Stanford University) - Shine [02 Oct 2000]

Various Artists - Voices Only Christmas [18 Sep 2000]

SoCal VoCals (University of Southern California) - This 2 Shall Rock [27 Aug 2000]

Straight No Chaser (Indiana University) - Live at Alumni Hall [15 Aug 2000]

SoVoSó - Truth and Other Stories [05 Aug 2000]

Naturally Seven - Non-Fiction [06 Jul 2000]

SoVoSó - World Jazz A Cappella [25 Jun 2000]

Cantus Angelicus Choral Society - Cantus Angelicus - In Concert [22 Jun 2000]

The EDLOS - Just Us [06 May 2000]

Phalanx (Elizabethtown College) - Vision [20 Apr 2000]

Various Artists - BOCA Humor: Wasting Our Parents Money [13 Apr 2000]

Acoustix - Cool Yule [11 Apr 2000]

From the Edge - Pub Night in South Central Czechoslovakia [07 Apr 2000]

The Nylons - Lost and Found [30 Mar 2000]

Clarence (Magic Drumsticks) Steele - Clarence Steele: Drummin' Away To Acappella [25 Mar 2000]

The Exboyfriends - A Cappella's Dead [25 Feb 2000]

No Strings Attached (Burbank High School) - Road to Nowhere [25 Feb 2000]

Harmonic Motion (Brown University) - From The Ground Up [07 Feb 2000]

Jackson Millar - One Voice Among Friends [03 Feb 2000]

Blue Lights (Colby College) - Copyright Infringement [30 Jan 2000]

Harvard-Radcliffe Veritones (Harvard University) - Vertigo [11 Jan 2000]

Everyday People (Stanford University) - EP JONES [03 Dec 1999]

spiralmouth - spiralmouth [29 Sep 1999]

Chattertocks (Brown University) - Aire [27 Jul 1999]

The Persuasions - On the Good Ship Lollipop [22 Jul 1999]

The EDLOS - A Cappella Country [15 Jul 1999]

Mosaic Whispers (Washington University) - Don't Tell My Parents [18 Jun 1999]

The Euphorics - Standing Up For Love [01 Jun 1999]

The Dachays - Out Of The Basement [25 May 1999]

The Stanford Mendicants (Stanford University) - Besides What You See [08 Apr 1999]

Jabberwocks (Brown University) - Sermons and Soda Water [30 Mar 1999]

Straight No Chaser (Indiana University) - Last Call [18 Mar 1999]

The Binghamton Crosbys (Binghamton University) - Super Bos [19 Feb 1999]

Fleet Street Singers (Stanford University) - All the Rage [22 Jan 1999]

Acoustix - Stars & Stripes [22 Nov 1998]

Acoustix - The New Science of Sound [22 Nov 1998]

Lone Star Sound - Pennies from Heaven [17 Nov 1998]

Akafist - The Russian Male Chamber Choir - Masterpieces of Orthodox Spirituality II [09 Nov 1998]

Acoustix - Jazz, Jazz, Jazz [13 Sep 1998]

Everyday People (Stanford University) - 2648 West Grand Blvd [13 Sep 1998]

Western Wind Vocal Ensemble - My Funny Valentine: Classic American Love Songs, 1920-1990 [09 Sep 1998]

Jersey Transit - Bumpy Road To Love [27 Jul 1998]

193 total reviews

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