Jesse Ronneau is a composer, improvisor, performer and lecturer.

His music has enjoyed recent performances in Europe, the United States, and Asia.

His compositions, for acoustic and electro-acoustic forces, have been performed by numerous leading interpreters

of New Music including Ensemble Sur Plus, Carin Levine, Ian Pace, Geoff Deibel, the H2 Quartet, et al.

His music could be characterized by extensive use of Explorative

Instrumental Techniques and Acoustic Phenomena as Compositional Construct as well as an

interest in live processing of performers using Max/MSP.

Born in Dallas, Texas in 1974 and growing up in the Chicagoland

area,  Jesse received his Doctorate in Composition from Northwestern University in 2006 after degrees in Composition from The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (Bachelors) and Roosevelt University (Masters).

He studied composition under Allen Sapp, Al Otte, Don Malone, Steve Syverud, Amy Williams, Jason Eckhart, and Jay Alan Yim.

In 2006 Jesse was named Lecturer of Music at University College Cork in Ireland.

In 2010 he became Lecturer of Acoustic Composition and Contemporary Music at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, just outside Dublin.