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Diane Jones
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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.
Click
here
to visit Diane Jones' Blog
In memoriam: Dorothy Roberts,
1924-2009. I miss you, Mom!
