BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Patrick Jones has performed as a soloist, recitalist, woodwind doubler and chamber musician around the world. He is an active performer, educator, and clinician. Twenty-years of college faculty appointments include the following: University of Idaho Lionel Hampton School of Music, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (PennWest Edinboro), University of Iowa, International Allegheny Summer Music Festival, and the International Youth Music Festival.
Dr. Jones has conducted clinics and master classes at both the secondary and collegiate levels. His publications range from The Instrumentalist magazine to BandDirector.com.
Jones is actively involved with commissioning and premiering new works for saxophone. He has presented several world premieres with orchestras and small ensembles as a soloist. Many of the new works have been performed at the World Saxophone Congress or North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference. Some of these include the U.S. premier of David Stock’s Go For Two followed by the European premiere at the 2015 World Saxophone Conference in France, Miguel del Aguila, Ruby Fulton and many others. His most recent commission written by composer Daniel Bukvich for saxophone and piano was premiered in 2023 with the composer in attendance. His solo recording La Souplesse, includes music for saxophone and piano with introductory notes by Richard Ingham.
Jones has appeared with internationally celebrated artists and award-winning ensembles throughout his career. As a featured soloist he has performed with the Grammy award-winning ensemble Imani Winds, Zagreb Saxophone Quartet, Erie Philharmonic, Erie Chamber Orchestra and Edinboro Chamber Ensemble. Additionally, he has been broadcast on the nationally syndicated NPR Program Saint Paul Sunday and Performance Today playing with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Andreas Delfs.
Other appearances include the World Saxophone Congress XII in Montreal, XIII in Minnesota and XIV in Slovenia; commissioning projects with Libby Larson and with Faye-Ellen Silverman. Other performances include a presentation of the composition Deep Blue Spiral for the composer David Heuser at the SEAMUS convention for alto saxophone and tape. In addition, he premiered Borne by Constellations of Green Birds by David Heuser (Crane School of Music) at a North American Saxophone Alliance Saxophone Conference in 2007.
Patrick Jones received his Doctor of Musical Arts in Saxophone Performance at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities. His teachers include Eugene Rousseau (University of Minnesota/Indiana University), David Baker (Indiana University), Ramon Ricker (Eastman School of Music) and Robert Miller (University of Idaho).
Patrick Jones is a Yamaha Performing Artist and plays exclusively on E. Rousseau Mouthpieces.