Jay Chattaway

Jay Chattaway (born July 8, 1946) is an American composer of film and television scores. He is mainly known for his work as composer for several Star Trek television series: Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: Enterprise. In 2001, he won an Emmy for Outstanding Music for a Series for the final episode of Star Trek: Voyager. Early life Chattaway was born in Monongahela, Pennsylvania and studied music at West Virginia University (WVU). College career At WVU, Chattaway was also a member of many student organizations, including the Mountaineer Marching Band, Lambda Chi Alpha social fraternity, Kappa Kappa Psi honorary band service fraternity, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia men’s music social fraternity. He was initiated into the Omicron chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi at WVU on December 6, 1965, and is currently an alumni brother of the fraternity. His initiation into the Epsilon Sigma chapter of Phi Mu Alpha took place on March 1, 1965. He became a regular member of a rhythm and blues band called the “Abductors” in which he played trumpet, wrote the musical scores, and was musical director. Music career Chattaway was drafted into the mi