Venues
April 29, 2012 Collaborative
Pianist with the Southwest Chamber Consortium and Music Forum
March 2-5, 2012 Adjudicator. 15th Annual Earl
R. and Marilyn Ann Kruschke Piano Competition.
February 10-12, 2012 Guest
Artist. Dennis
Alexander Piano Competition. “Imagénes de España.” Professional Music Teachers
of
January 29, 2012 Soloist.
November 21-22, 2011 Guest
Artist. “Imagénes
de España.”
Master Class.
November 1, 2011 Guest
Artist with the UTEP Percussion Ensemble. Concerto for Piano and
Percussion Ensemble by David Gillingham. Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall.
7:30 p.m. For more information:
(915) 747-5606. academics.utep.edu/Default.aspx?alias=academics.utep.edu/musicevents
October 16, 2011 “Imagénes de España.” Klavierhaus.
October 15, 2011 “Imagénes de España.” Conservatory
Piano. Rahway
Arts District.
October 14, 2011 “Imagénes de España.” Noble Art Pianos.
October 1, 2011 Solo
Piano Faculty Recital. “Imagénes
de España a través de música, palabras y fotografiías
(Images of Spain through Music, Words and Photography). Music is accompanied by projected
images as well as insight to the cultural influences on this passionate
expression of sound. Fox
Fine Arts Recital Hall. 7:30
p.m. $12 GA, $10 Military and Seniors and $5 Students.
Faculty and Staff, Free. For more
information: (915) 747-5606. academics.utep.edu/Default.aspx?alias=academics.utep.edu/musicevents
September 24, 2011 “Spanish
Duende.”
September 11, 2011 “Olé! A Fantasia of Spanish Piano
Music.” Music
Forum El Paso Concert Series.
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.”
– El Paso Times, El Paso, Texas
“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