Baritone
Thomas Jones appears with orchestras,
opera companies, choral ensembles, pops concerts
and on recital series throughout North America,
Europe and the West Indies. Critics from coast
to coast have hailed his performances as
elegant, passionate, expressive and sensitive.
Richard Buell of The Boston Globe calls the
vocal and stage presence of Thomas Jones
"irresistible". Anthony Tommasini of The New
York Times proclaims that Mr. Jones sings "with
plush sounds and musical vigor".
Mr. Jones’ solo appearances include The Santa Fe Symphony, The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, San Francisco's Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Boston's Handel & Haydn Society, The Apollo Chorus of Chicago, The San Francisco City Chorus and Orchestra, The Vancouver Chamber Choir and The Canadian Broadcast Orchestra, The Phoenix Bach Choir, The Phoenix Chamber Orchestra, New York's St. Cecilia Orchestra, Baltimore Choral Arts Society, The Omaha Symphony, The Pacific Chorale and The Pacific Symphony in Southern California, The Battle Creek Symphony (Michigan), The Billings Symphony (Montana),The Louisville Bach Society at The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, The Masterworks Chorus and Orchestra of Washington, DC, The Simon Sinfonietta of Washington, DC., The Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic Orchestra, The Bucks County Choral Society and The Philadelphia Festive Arts Orchestra under conductor Robert Page.
Festival appearances include Saratoga Performing
Arts Center, Berkshire Choral Festival, The
Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival, Great Waters
Music Festival and Monadnock Music. Opera
companies include Boston Lyric Opera, The
Harrisburg Opera Company of Pennsylvania and
Opera New England. In metropolitan Boston,
appearances include The Pro Arte Chamber
Orchestra, Boston Civic Orchestra, The Back Bay
Chorale, Coro Allegro, The Cape Cod Symphony,
The Worcester Symphony, The Nashua Symphony, The
Monadnock Chorus and The Masterworks Chorale.
Mr. Jones has appeared with well over 150
choruses throughout The USA, appearing under the
baton of notable maestros such as Christopher
Hogwood, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Dunn, John
Alexander, Jon Washburn, Daniel Beckwith, Joel
Revzen, Robert Page, John Oliver, William Gray,
Stephen Simon, Tom Hall and Gerald Mack. And,
he has premiered new works by composers such as
Libby Larson, Dave Brubeck and John Goodman and
others. Recent collaborative pops and jazz
performances with soprano Jayne West round out a
career that is entering its 25th
year.
Thomas Jones was a semifinalist in the
International Bel Canto Foundation Vocal
Competition and a semifinalist in the New York
Oratorio Competition. In addition, Mr. Jones is
an accomplished voice teacher and clinician,
having conducted vocal master classes throughout
the United States at colleges and for community,
church and professional choruses. Thomas Jones
has been teaching voice to Harvard students for
the past 17 years. He also serves as vocal coach
for Harvard University’s “Hasty Pudding
Theatricals” and the voice clinician for the
Harvard Freshman Arts Program.
