Diane Jones, Composer
Diane Jones
Composer



Diane Jones is passionate about her music, and loves to pass that enthusiasm on to the performers and audiences who listen to it.  This site will keep you up to date on upcoming performances and premieres, new works, and links to the performers and venues where you can hear her music.  Diane is the owner of Pet Dragon Music, publisher and distributor of all of her works.





July 1, 2009


What a busy month!  July has a lot going on, and not just for me.  The 29th season of the Cazenovia Counterpoint Music and Arts Festival is at hand!  This is a fantastic, month-long event, sponsored and coordinated by the Society for New Music (with lots and lots of support from the community and volunteers).  The art exhibit is up throughout the village beginning July 1, and a wide variety of events are scheduled from July 15 through July 25 - music, poetry, writer's corners, a Musical Storytime - too many to list here! 

I am especially proud and privileged to be the mentor for the Young Composers Corner, which gives high school musicians an opportunity to write a composition.  These will be read by some of the Society's outstanding professional musicians on Family Arts Day, July 25, at the Stone Quarry Hill Art Park.  If you've never been to this festival, please do check out the full event schedule on the
Society for New Music website - all but two of these events are FREE.  And the Village of Cazenovia NY is a great place to see.

If you are an interested high school musician in the local area, and can make it to the Cazenovia Public Library several times between July 6 and July 18 to work on your piece, please e-mail me for more details.

Besides the Young Composers Corner, I have had the wonderful opportunity to write a new piece for tenor Dominick Corbacio.  He will premiere Endings and Beginnings  at the second Rising Stars concert, July 22, at St. Peter's Hall.  This is my second year composing for a local Rising Star, and I am thrilled at the incredible talent we have here in Central New York.  Rising Stars pairs award-winning young performers with emerging composers, and is always a huge success. 

Last, but not least, check out my new blog!  Updated weekly, it includes event announcements (mine and others), reviews, and occasional musings.  There is a permanent link to the blog below.  If you like what you're reading, be sure to subscribe before leaving the site.


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In memoriam:  Dorothy Roberts, 1924-2009.  I miss you, Mom!




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