考特尼维. 琼斯的09年 attended 谢南多厄音乐学院 to study trumpet performance with a professor he admires and respects, former Adjunct Assistant Professor J. 卡尔顿·罗70年. “He exudes a caring personality that has kept him in high esteem with his peers, students and I am ever grateful to have had him as a teacher, 良师益友.”
Rowe was not the only professor who helped shaped Jones into the musician he is today. 他还赞扬了哈里. 伯德,小. 商学院 Dean Miles Davis, Auxiliary Adjunct Assistant Instrumental Professor Craig Fraedrich, former Student Life Coordinator Cathy Kuehner, Harrison Endowed Chair and Associate Professor Bob Larson ’08, Instrumental Division Professors Scott Nelson and Jan Wagner and Conservatory Associate Dean of Graduate Studies Karen Walker, 仅举几个例子. “In a way, I’m an amalgamation of either their teaching or performance philosophy. 直接或间接, they displayed an example of what it takes to not only be a professional, but how to do it effectively and efficiently in the real world.”
Jones is the Professor of Trumpet and Artistic Director of Jazz Ensembles at 佛罗里达 Atlantic University in Boca Raton, 佛罗里达. In addition to these positions at the university, he is also the principal trumpet of the 佛罗里达 Atlantic Brass Quintet, teaches graduate brass pedagogy and literature, 音乐理论, and leads the premier Jazz Orchestra all while providing weekly trumpet lessons and seminars to his students.
“I enjoy living in the present. 通常, we are so focused on the future or reminiscing about the past that we forget about living in the present. That is the most rewarding experience.”
Jones has shared the stage with famous artists or groups such as Kenny Burrell, B.B. King, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Rihanna, Lalo Schifrin, Boy George and The Culture Club and Stevie Wonder. In addition to his solo performance career, he has also performed classical music with the Golden States Pop Orchestra, the Southeast Symphony Orchestra, the Macao Orchestra (China), 帕萨迪纳交响乐团, 首演管弦乐团, the Inspiravi Chamber Orchestra, 长滩歌剧院, the Chamber Singers of Iowa City and the Los Angeles Trombone Collective. He has also been featured in television shows like “Glee,” “Cougar Town” and “Criminal Minds.”
Between teaching and solo performances, Jones finds time to volunteer with 音乐 Outreach Programs at the University of California, 洛杉矶(UCLA), The Harmony Project of Los Angeles and Trumpets 4 Kids in Dallas, 德州, to help underserved music programs within inner-city school districts.
The advice that Jones has for students is: “Be a sponge, surround yourself with like-minded individuals and do good things!”