PET DRAGON MUSIC

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“I cannot conceive of music that expresses absolutely nothing .”

-- Bela Bartok --

“Music is for every single person that walks the planet.”

-- Robert Plant --

“All music is beautiful.”

-- Billy Strayhorn --

“Music can change the world because it can change people.”

-- Bono --

“It’s never too late to do anything new when it comes to music.”

-- Sivamani --

BIOGRAPHY

Diane Jones' music has been performed by Mélomanie, The Relâche Ensemble, The Da Capo Chamber Players, Trio Casals, and Flautet. Diane's music reflects her rich, eclectic influences and her love of line and rhythm. She has been commissioned by Dominick Corbaccio, the Syracuse City Ballet, Mélomanie, the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation, and the Syracuse International Film Festival. She is featured as both composer and performer on four Samba Laranja CDs, three of which (Native Orange in 2011, Pathways in 2015, and Guaraná in 2019) have won SAMMY awards. Her four piano trios were recorded by Trio Casals for their "MOTO" series of CDs, and have been broadcast throughout the US and internationally. "Dreamcatcher" for trombone and orchestra, is included on "Neue Kraft Fulend," a CD from trombonist Haim Avitsur and conductor Ovidiu Marinescu. 2023 marks the release of her short work for cello and string orchestra, “Soul Dance,” featuring Ovidiu Marinescu on cello and the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Miran Vaupotic.


Jones has completed five residencies in Syracuse area middle schools, providing students the opportunity to experience and influence the composition process, along with the excitement of presenting a world premiere. She has collaborated with choreographers Cheryl Wilkins-Mitchell, Christina D'Amico, Dominique Dawkins, and Sarah Walter for six Vision of Sound festivals of music and dance, and with filmmaker and director Ryan Silveira for both live and recorded projects.


Diane is the mid-day host and Program Manager on WCNY-FM, Central New York's Classical Radio Station, and the host and producer of "Feminine Fusion," a nationally-syndicated weekly program highlighting women in the classical music world. She is past President of the Society for New Music, and her music has been featured on Fresh Ink, the weekly new music broadcast produced by the Society.


A recipient of the Billy Joel Fellowship, a fellowship with the Chamber Music Institute at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln, and awarded the prestigious Grace F. and Theodore Berger Award from the University of Delaware, Diane has also been inducted into Pi Kappa Lambda, the music honor society. Active as a performer as well as a composer, Diane regularly performs with Samba Laranja,   plays contrabass flute with the Central New York Flute Choir, and is a core member of the 315 Ensemble. She has played flute and piccolo in regional orchestras, and was one half of the flute duo, Flutes of Fancy.


Diane is privileged to have studied with outstanding composers Daniel S. Godfrey, Nicolas Scherzinger, and Jennifer Margaret Barker.

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