Alexandra Jones
(resigned January 2008)
Alexandra Jones is a tuba player, aspiring journalist, and dedicated music fan. After coming of age in Raleigh, she attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor to study tuba performance with Professor Fritz Kaenzig. She immersed herself in working for the campus student-run newspaper, The Michigan Daily, where she served as an arts reporter, film and music reviewer, columnist, magazine editor, and associate editor of the Arts section. She graduated with Bachelor of Musical Arts and Bachelor of General Studies degrees in summer of 2006. She became a member of the Triangle Brass Band in Fall 2006.
Jones is interested in 20th-century and avant-garde classical music, the work of the "Moguchaya Kuchka," the "Mighty Five" (Balakirev , Cui, Mussorgsky, Borodin, and Rimsky-Korsakov), improvisational/experimental/noise/difficult listening, good pop music, soul, Elvis Costello, orchestral works that feature decent tuba parts, gamelan, American roots music, and psychedelic garage rock from the 1960s, just for starters. She relishes hearing new music and loves writing and talking about it almost as much.
Articles by Alexandra Jones:
Orchestral Music Media Review by Alexandra Jones, February 25, 2008
Music Review by Alexandra Jones, January 26, 2008
Handbell Ensemble Review by Alexandra Jones, December 15, 2007
Orchestral Music Review by Alexandra Jones, December 5, 2007
Chamber Music, Early Music Review by Alexandra Jones, November 25, 2007
World Music Review by Alexandra Jones, November 9, 2007
World Music Review by Alexandra Jones, November 7, 2007
Musical Theatre Review by Alexandra Jones, October 5, 2007
Contemporary Music Review by Alexandra Jones, October 1, 2007
Jazz Review by Alexandra Jones, September 30, 2007
World Music Review by Alexandra Jones, September 29, 2007
Recital Review by Alexandra Jones, September 16, 2007
Percussion Ensemble Review by Alexandra Jones, July 28, 2007
Chamber Music Review by Alexandra Jones, July 26, 2007
Music, World Music Feature by Alexandra Jones, July 18, 2007
Orchestral Music Review by Alexandra Jones, July 12, 2007
Blues Review by Alexandra Jones, June 24, 2007
Orchestral Music Review by Alexandra Jones, June 23, 2007
Chamber Music, World Music Review by Alexandra Jones, June 10, 2007
Orchestral Music Review by Alexandra Jones, June 9, 2007
Orchestral Music Review by Alexandra Jones, May 4, 2007
World Music Review by Alexandra Jones, March 3, 2007
World Music Review by Alexandra Jones, March 2, 2007
Orchestral Music Review by Alexandra Jones, February 25, 2007
Brass Band, Wind Ensemble Review by Alexandra Jones, February 17, 2007
Traditional Music Review by Alexandra Jones, January 25, 2007
Orchestral Music Review by Alexandra Jones, January 19, 2007
Wind Ensemble Review by Alexandra Jones, January 7, 2007
Choral Music Review by Alexandra Jones, December 10, 2006
World Music Review by Alexandra Jones, November 3, 2006
Wind Ensemble Review by Alexandra Jones, October 29, 2006
Orchestral Music Review by Alexandra Jones, October 20, 2006
Recital Review by Alexandra Jones, October 20, 2006
World Music Review by Alexandra Jones, October 13, 2006