guest performer — accordion
Elizabeth Jones
Elizabeth Jones was born in Sydney, Australia and began her studies on the accordion at the age of five, first with Else Brandman and from 1990 with Margaret Brandman - Blake. After completing a Bachelor of Music degree at Sydney University in 1992, she joined the Advanced Postgraduate Course at the Royal Academy of Music in London where she studied accordion with Professor Owen Murray until the end of 1995 and piano with Antoinetta Notariello until the end of 1996. Elizabeth is currently continuing her studies at the University of Western Sydney where she has submitted her portfolio on researching the pedagogical and performance styles of the accordion for her Doctor of Creative Arts.
Her concert performances have taken her to London, Hong Kong, China, New Zealand and throughout Australia, where she has performed as guest artist and recitalist at major venues. She has given numerous broadcasts for the ABC and 2MBSFM, as well as featuring on recordings and Win News, Wollongong. Elizabeth has collaborated with many composers based in Sydney to promote the accordion as a concert instrument. The composers include Eric Gross, Margaret Brandman - Blake, Ko-Ting Sung, Terumi Narashumi, and Andrew McBirnie (U.K.) Amongst her premieres are And The Sun Danced On Easter Morn’ an intermezzo for accordion and organ, Tanghetto con Bandoneon for accordion and mandolins and Concertinofor accordion and orchestra all by Eric Gross. Concert Fantasia for accordion and strings has also been a project between Elizabeth Jones and Eric Gross. In 2004 Elizabeth perfomed with Oz Opera in their premiere of Midnite by Raffaele Marcellino as part of the Melbourne International Festival. During 2005 she performed in the Australian premiere of Menschen am Sonntag with Ensemble Offspring as part of the Sydney Film Festival. In 2006 she was guest artist with the Australia Ensemble for the performance of Hindemith’s Kammermusik Nr.1
Concerts with Chronology Arts