Welcome to Jonas Music Services

• Executive Director, Ann Lathan Kerzner
• Recording Engineer, David Kerzner
• Commercial Music PR Writer, Alison Lauth
• Classical PR Writer, Scott Rose
• Jazz PR Writer, Roger Hahn
• Graphic Designer, David Irlanda
• Graphic/Web Designer, Katherine Arline
• Graphic Designer, Elizabeth Fiks

Executive Director, Ann Lathan Kerzner

Ann Lathan Kerzner has a Ph.D. in Music from the University of Pennsylvania. Her training and experience ranges from arts administration (BS concentration, State University of New York) and band management to recording studio work and marketing (with a particular penchant for branding and marketing strategy).

As a composer she has received myriad grants and commissions. Her music has been performed by numerous orchestras and chamber music ensembles throughout the United States including the Oakland East Bay Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic String Quartet, Newburyport String Quartet, Curtis Institute Orchestra, and others. Her work has been called "haunting" by San Francisco Magazine. She is a member of the North American Performing Arts Managers and Agents, Fuel for Arts, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Marketing Professors and Professionals, the College Music Society, eMarketer, and a Music Business Journal subscriber.

As a recording engineer and production assistant she has worked with The Band, Living Color, Deep Purple, Jeffrey Gaines and more.

She has coordinated numerous music marketing campaigns including assisting in grant writing for SBO, the Sid Bernstein Organization (famed Beatles Promoter). As an artist representative she has coordinated band photoshoots, supervised direct mail and e-marketing campaigns, directed branding/corporate identity work, served as an agent-artist liaison, and managed music licensing.

Recording Engineer, David Kerzner

David has 26 years of recording experience. The recipient of numerous grants including the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Inc., David holds a MS in Computer Aided Compositions and a BS in Sound Recording Technology from the State University of NY College at Fredonia.

His recordings of latin jazz, salsa, world music, hip hop/rap, rock, and classical music have been featured on many independent labels as well as Crystal Records, Albany Records, Capstone Records, Conawango, and Pyramid Records, among others. He has lectured frequently on music business and audio recording at numerous Universities and currently directs the Sound Engineering Arts program at William Paterson University.

He is a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers and Audio Engineering Society.

As a photographer and graphic designer his work has been published by Hal Leonard and Harper Publishing.

Commercial Music PR Writer, Alison Lauth

A classically trained pianist and jazz singer, Alison has a B.M. in Music Management from William Paterson University. Her extensive music business experience includes work in the A&R Department at RCA Records where she worked closely with top executives developing press kits for numerous artists, including Christina Aguilera and the Verve Pipe.

As a recording engineer in Manhattan Alison has worked with jazz recording legends like Ron Carter, Rufus Reid, and Clark Terry, as well as myriad hip-hop artists, including Faith Evans, Aaliyah, and P Diddy.

As a music journalist she has garnered interviews with the biggest names in the musical world, writing for the Aquarian Weekly and Steppin’ Out Magazine. In fact, Alison has over 300 music features to her credit.

She is currently writing a nonfiction book documenting her studio experiences, entitled "The Reel World: NYC".

Graphic Designer, David Irlanda

David Irlanda has worked with numerous high profile clients including MTV, HBO and Universal Records. David, a prize-winning designer, recently completed the CD packaging for Afro-Cuban jazz artist, Alex Cuba Band which was the number one World album in London and resulted in the number four video on Canada's Bravo TV music chart.

David has also worked as the Creative Director for The Connection Magazine. The magazine is currently the #1 Latin Hip Hop magazine and is available across the country.

Educated at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, David Irlanda has designed such material as CD covers, flyers, posters, business cards, corporate identity, DVD covers and more. Congratulations to David on recently winning the American Cancer Society National Poster competition!

Graphic/Web Designer, Katherine Arline

Katherine has over 8 years of experience designing books, magazines, promotional materials and websites for clients in the U.S. and Europe.

She is the founder of Wind River Press, publisher of The Paumanok Review, Critique Magazine, and selected full-length and chapbook serials in print and electronic formats. Critique's "On Writing" edition has included contributions by Pulitzer Prize and Newbury Award winners, U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins, and best-selling authors including David Baldacci, Margaret George, Clive Barker, and Homer Hickam.

In the past two years she has focused on standards-based web design that promotes dynamic accessibility and usability.

Outside of work, she spends a questionable portion of her earnings expanding her CD and LP collection and on the latest and most important bits of carbon fiber excess for her road bike. Sometimes she even rides it.

Classical PR Writer, Scott Rose

Scott attended the Mannes School of Music Prepatory Division, Boston University as a Music History major, Harvard University, where he studied Musicology and Comparative Literature at Master's level, and various European institutions of higher learning.

After working several years in public relations, he turned to a career in freelance writing. His many credits as a music journalist include a portrait of pianist Constance Keene that appeared in International Piano, and articles and reviews for Le Monde de la Musique and Das Opernglas as well as for The Wall Street Journal Online.

He is a past master at making specialized concepts in music comprehensible to a lay audience.

Jazz PR Writer, Roger Hahn

Roger Hahn is a New Orleans-based jazz writer whose work has been featured on NPR Jazz and VH-1 websites, MusicAngle.com, and in New Orleans’ OffBeat Magazine, Connecticut Magazine, St. Louis Magazine, and weekly newspapers across the country.

Additionally, Roger has written liner notes for Putumayo World Music, Hannibal Records,and NYNO Records. He is currently working on a cultural history of the New Orleans jazz tradition, including its pair of 20th-century revivals.

Mr. Hahn has been closely following the post-hurricane recovery of New Orleans, paying particular attention to the well-being of the city’s celebrated musical culture in general, and to the many facets of local community life that support New Orleans’ world-renowned musical reputation in particular.

Graphic Designer, Elizabeth Fiks

With 8 years design experience and 2 years pre-press experience at a printing company, Elizabeth is very detail oriented and has vast print experience. She has worked on music entertainment postcards, CD and DVD covers and labels, corporate ID kits, posters, flyers, brochures, Magazine and newspaper ads and postcards. Elizabeth is proficient in InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, QuarkXpress, and Acrobat. Her clients have included: Michael Goulian (entertainer), Elizabeth Ward Small (National Seminar Speaker), Empire Homes, a work for numerous marketing agencies and real estate professionals. She writes, “Print is my passion”.