Venues
September 12, 2010 Faculty
Recital with Professor Larry White.
Matre’s Dance for Multi-percussion
and Piano by John Psathas.
September
23, 2010 “Passionate
Piano: Franz Liszt.” Mills
Breast Cancer Institute Music Series.
October 2010 TBD. “Passionate Piano: Franz Liszt and Isaac Albéniz.” Piano Culture, Spazio Fazioli NYC and Klavierhaus.
November 5, 2010 Faculty
Recital with Dr. Sang-In Han, tenor and Dr. Mark Schuppener,
violin. “Celebrating
Schumann.” Dichteliebe and the Violin
Sonata No. 1.
February 2-4, 2011 Fifth
International Conference on Design Principles and Practices. “Design in the
Performing Arts and Innovative Recital Models: How Design Affects Musical
Aesthetics” Sapienza
About Dena’s Playing…
“…Jones
seeks to excite the human spirit, which is one of the basic, driving forces
behind all aspects of great performance…” – Villa Grove News,
“Jones’
performances were first rate, and her piano skills were absolutely dynamic and
sensitive.” –
“Dena Kay Jones has the power of Larrocha and the speed of
[On Spanish Music]
“…performs these great piano
works, where nationalism goes hand in hand with music and culture. It’s very exciting…” – The News-Gazette,
Champaign,/Urbana,
[On Jones’ Debut CD, Select
Piano Works by Joaquín Rodrigo]
“The pianist heard here, Dena Kay
Jones, is an American who has made a specialty of studying and performing
Rodrigo’s piano works. It is no small
compliment to say that she has mastered his Spanish idiom so well she might be
mistaken for a native of his country.
The recordings have a perfect depth of soundstage and presence for the
mood of the music.” – New Classik Reviews,
Photos
Dena Kay Jones, Color 1 or Color 2
Dena Kay
Jones, Sepia
Dena Kay
Jones, Black and White
