Dena Kay Jones has performed as soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States and in Spain, Mexico and Canada. In addition to maintaining a varied repertoire from the standard piano literature, she focuses on performance of Spanish repertoire. Her interest lies in lesser-known Spanish works written from 1900-1950 with a specialization in piano pieces by Joaquín Rodrigo. Her lecture recital, "The Piano Works of Joaquín Rodrigo," contributed to the centennial celebration of Rodrigo’s birth where she was an invited artist at the International Rodrigo Festival. She continues to lecture on and perform these great works. Her teachers included Lydia Artymiw, William Heiles, Andrew DeGrado and Nohema Fernández. She joined the music faculty at UTEP in 2002, where she teaches applied piano studies and is the Piano Area Coordinator. To view Dr. Jones' Professional Portfolio, visit: http://www.denakayjones.com/portfolio.html.
Solo Piano Performances
Faculty Recital, Passionate Piano: Liszt and Albéniz, University of Texas at El Paso (2009)
This performance included a verbal introduction regarding the rebuild of both concert instruments in the...
Canadian Solo Debut Recital, The Selected Works of Dena Kay Jones (2007)
Works Performed: Chaconne in D Minor, from the Violin Partita #2, BWV 1004 by J.S....
C# or D?, The Selected Works of Dena Kay Jones (2007)
Works Performed: Chaconne in D Minor, from the Violin Partita No. 2, BWV 1004 by...
New Mexico Solo Debut Recital, The Selected Works of Dena Kay Jones (2007)
Works Performed: Chaconne in D Minor, from the Violin Partita No. 2, BWV 1004 by...
Sample Recordings
Original piano transcription from the Adagio of the Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquin Rodrigo, The Selected Works of Dena Kay Jones (2005)
Rhapsody in B Minor, Op. 79, No. 1 by Johannes Brahms, The Selected Works of Dena Kay Jones (2005)
Sinfonia from J.S. Bach's Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826, The Selected Works of Dena Kay Jones (2004)
From Estampes, Soiree dans Grenade by Claude Debussy, The Selected Works of Dena Kay Jones (2003)
Lectures/Lecture Recitals
Design in the Performing Arts and Innovative Recital Models: How Design Affects Musical Aesthetics, Design Principles and Practice Fifth International Conference (2011)
This sixty minute workshop will provide a brief methodology and overview of how production elements...
Passionate Piano: Liszt and Albeniz, Texas Music Teachers Annual State Convention (2010)
This lecture recital compared the writing styles of Albeniz and Liszt and concluded wtih a...
Nationalism in Spanish Piano Music of the Early 20th Century, The Selected Works of Dena Kay Jones (2006)
Invited Presenter for Roanoke College's Elderscholar Program in Salem, Virginia. This presentation offered verbal comments...
How Can an International Art Form—Classical Music—Still be Wearing European White Wigs and Buckled-Toe Shoes?” , The Selected Works of Dena Kay Jones (2006)
Selected Presenter at the Third International Conference on Education, Labor and Emancipation (CONFELE). Living and...
Performances of or Lectures on Select Piano Works by Joaquin Rodrigo
Faculty Chamber Recital with Dr. Mark Schuppener, violin, University of Texas at El Paso (2010)
Works performed included: ¨ Set canciones Valencianas by Joaquín Rodrigo ¨ Sonata for Violin and...
El Alma de Espana, Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts (2008)
Selected Performer (chosen through a juried process), El Alma de España, Dame Myra Hess Memorial...
Spanish Nationalism in the Piano Works of Isaac Albeniz, Enrique Granados, Manuel de Falla and Joaquin Rodrigo, University of Mississippi (2008)
This lecture and power point presentation was offered to the Piano Majors and Piano Faculty...
Domenico Scarlatti: Impacting Music Two-Hundred Years Later, The Selected Works of Dena Kay Jones (2007)
“Any history of Spanish piano music must by necessity begin with Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757), the...
Extreme Devotion to Country: Joaquin Rodrigo, His Life Reflected in Piano Music, The Selected Works of Dena Kay Jones (2006)
Collaborative Piano Performances
Chamber Music Performance, The Twentieth El Paso Pro-Musica Chamber Music Festival (2010)
Work Performed: Franz Schubert’s Trout Quintet with Philippe Quint, violin; Stephanie Meyers, viola; Nathaniel Rosen,...
Debut of newly commissioned work, Canciones y Danzas for Cello and Piano by Pulitzer Prize nominee, Roberto Sierra, Commissioned by Stuart and Linda Nelson and in conjunction with El Paso Pro-Musica (2010)
Performed with cellist Zuill Bailey at the 20th Annual El Paso Pro Musica Chamber Music...
Faculty Solo and Chamber Recital, Garden Cabaret, University of Texas at El Paso (2008)
Works performed: ¨ Concerto for Two Keyboards in C Major, BWV 1061 by J. S....
Faculty Solo and Chamber Recital, Piano and Percussion in the Twentieth Century, University of Texas at El Paso (2008)
Works performed: ¨ Fantasy in B Minor, Op. 28 by Alexander Scriabin ¨ Quintet in...
Collaborative Piano Chamber Recital with Dr. David Ross, clarinet, The Selected Works of Dena Kay Jones (2006)
Work performed: Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 120, No. 2: Allegro amabile, Appassionato ma non...
CD Publications
Piano Music of Joaquin Rodrigo, Centaur Records (2007)
Luces y sombras (Lights and Shadows) is a recording of select works by blind Spanish...
Hosted Conferences
International Joaquin Rodrigo Festival: 2009 (2009)
In 2009, El Paso joined the cities of Madrid, Alicante, Valencia and Barcelona (Spain), as...