EVAN JONES, Assistant Professor of Music Theory, is a candidate for the Ph.D. in music theory and the D.M.A. in cello performance from the Eastman School of Music. While at Eastman he coordinated and instructed a wide variety of music theory and aural skills courses; he also taught music theory at the University of Rochester and taught cello at Colgate University. Prof. Jones is a past winner of a Sproull Fellowship from the University of Rochester and a Doctoral Fellowship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, as well as teaching prizes from both Eastman and the University of Rochester.

Jones has presented his research at numerous regional and national conferences, and has performed in Weill Recital Hall and Merkin Hall, among other venues. From 1997-99 Prof. Jones served as co-editor of Integral, a peer-reviewed journal of music theory. His dissertation and related papers focus on issues of voice leading in diatonic space; other research interests include the music of Iannis Xenakis, early twentieth-century rhythm, and the interaction of analysis and performance.