Peter Jonas
Community Ambassador at MuseScore
Kingston upon Hull, England Metropolitan Area United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolPeter Jonas is a software developer and community ambassador with 11 years’ experience focused on accessibility and music notation, blending a dual academic background in Physics and Computer Science from the University of St Andrews. As a long-term contributor and full-stack developer on the widely used open-source MuseScore project, he has shipped UI improvements, MusicXML/MIDI handling, and accessibility enhancements that benefit musicians worldwide. He represents MuseScore externally, manages the OpenScore initiative, and serves as the music industry representative on accessibility through UKAAF, bridging developer, design, and advocacy roles. Peter also freelances on accessibility-heavy music software projects and holds practical training in musical performance, giving him rare empathy for both technical and performer needs. Known for turning complex notation and accessibility requirements into usable interfaces, he combines rigorous engineering with hands-on community stewardship.
11 years of coding experience
Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science, Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science at University of St AndrewsDiploma in Music Performance, Musical Theatre, Diploma in Music Performance, Musical Theatre at University of West London
English
Github Skills (9)
accessibility10
qml10
musicxml10
c-language10
user-interface10
cprogramming-language10
qt10
midi-instrument9
midi9
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
musescore/MuseScore
Feb 2015 - Dec 2022
MuseScore is an open source and free music notation software. For support, contribution, bug reports, visit MuseScore.org. Fork and make pull requests!
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:466 reviews, 211 commits, 290 PRs in 7 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Peter made several contributions to the MuseScore project, primarily focusing on front-end and potentially back-end development related to user interface improvements and feature implementations within the score editor. The commits include changes to the UI, as evident in the modifications to the toolbar (i.e. Note Input toolbar, Playback toolbar, etc.). They also added new UI elements for new note entry modes in the score editor and improved the accessibility of the interface. In addition, they also implemented features to handle MusicXML import and export, and improved handling of MIDI files.
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OpenScore/Lieder
Jun 2021 - Jan 2023
Official mirror of https://musescore.com/openscore-lieder-corpus.
Contributions:3 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
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