Joseph
Piano & Bassoon
Joe Jones fell in love music at a young age. After hearing selections from Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro in his small-town elementary school, he eagerly asked to start piano lessons. At age 12 he started studying bassoon too, when his piano teacher suggested “Joey, you might be good at the bassoon”. Some years and many concerts later, Joe is performer, teacher, and composer based in NYC. He is a graduate of The Juilliard School’s Historical Performance program and performs regularly throughout the country and occasionally around the world with groups like The Smithsonian Academy Orchestra, The Sebastians, The English Concert, TENET, Boston Early Music Festival, American Bach Soloists, and more. Joe’s bassoon playing has been praised for its “warm singing tone,” and once while performing a Vivaldi concerto he “proved he could easily break the four-minute mile without missing a note” (Star Tribune).
Joe has taught piano, bassoon, and music theory at colleges and privately for more than a decade. He has also worked with ensemble like Lyra Baroque Orchestra to develop and produce online music education videos, and teaching artist programs in schools. Though classically trained he encourages his students to explore diverse repertoire from video game music to pop, and especially improvisation and composition.