Michael Jones

Michael Jones is a doctoral candidate in the Music Department at UC San Diego. He received his Masters in Contemporary Performance from UC San Diego in 2020 and received his Bachelor of Music both in Percussion Performance and Music Management from the University of Hartford in 2017. They also have extensive experience as a musical performer and dance accompanist. They have performed in various orchestral/large ensembles, chamber, and non-western musical ensembles since 2012.

• D.M.A. in Contemporary Performance, University of California, San Diego, CA (In Process)
• M.A. in Contemporary Performance, University of California, San Diego, CA (2020)
• B.Mus in Percussion Performance and Music Management, The Hartt School - University of Hartford, CT (2017)

• Instructor, University of California, San Diego, CA (2018 – present)
• Teaching Assistant, University of California, San Diego, CA (2018 – present)
• Percussion Assistant, The Hartt School – University of Hartford, CT (2014 – 2017)

“Peter Garland’s The Basketweave Elegies”. Music Program Colloquium Series. Eastern Connecticut State University, October 2019.

Paper presentation: “Double Edged-Mirror: Asian-American Synthesis, Syncretism and Identity in the Music of David Macbride”. Nief Norf 2018 Research Summit: New Asia. University of Tennessee Knoxville, June 2018.