Bio
Jonathan Cigary is a singer/songwriter, worship leader, multi-instrumentalist, and producer based in Charlotte, NC. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Jonathan's family moved to Columbus County, NC when he was 7. He grew up there, loving all kinds of music from a very young age. (He wore out some albums his parents owned-----Garth Brooks, Michael W. Smith, Gaither Vocal Band----from playing them too much.) Jonathan used to listen to, learn, and sing every song that he liked on the radio around the house all day (and still does). At 12 years old, as he began to pick up and play an acoustic guitar his dad had lying around the house, Jonathan's dad took notice, indulging his interest by buying him a little white electric guitar of his own. Jonathan proceeded to learn how to play most of the Beatles catalog, starting a lifelong love for their music. The combination of learning the guitar and being inspired by the Beatles' music brought out an ability to write songs, and his songwriting blossomed from there.
Jonathan performed in school plays in high school, sang and played in church from a young age, and was in and out of bands throughout high school and college. He purchased a Mac laptop soon thereafter and began recording songs he had written. He has written and recorded quite a bit over the years, with several independently produced songs to his credit.
Jonathan has led worship in most every church he has attended, whether it be where he grew up in NC, where he went to college in Oklahoma City (in school chapels and at the local church he attended), where he lived in Nashville for six years, or back in Cleveland, Ohio where he lived once again before relocating back to NC.
Although mostly producing his own material written by himself and with friends, in 2021 Jonathan helped produce a project of hymns for a friend called “Sarah Miller: Hymns of Grace." He also helped arrange, played on and sang on a couple of the tracks for the project (along with other classically trained musician friends).
Jonathan continues to chase music and songs to write and is continuing to use his talents to the fullest extent wherever God puts him, whether it be at church or in his home studio recording original compositions.