Orchestral Works
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An Earthen Man, for string orchestra with baritone voice solo (2016) YouTube Link (with string quartet)
Beachspring, for small orchestra (1999) - YouTube Link
Fanfare: E Pluribus Unum, for symphony orchestra (2018) - Audio link
Follow the Drinking Gourd, for symphony orchestra with string quartet soli (2016) - YouTube Link
Hopyard Overture, for symphony orchestra (2015) - YouTube Link
Meditation on Mercy, for string orchestra, based on two Medieval Chant melodies (2017) - Audio Link
These Three, for string orchestra (2017; rev. 2021) - YouTube Link
These Three, for chamber orchestra 1.1.1.1. 1.1. Timpani. String orchestra (2023)
“Hopyard Overture by Jonathan McNair is a cleverly constructed, really rather powerful piece… There is tenderness here, and the Brno [Filharmonie] strings flourish in just those moments.” Colin Clarke, 2018 Fanfare Magazine.