Brian Jones

Brian Jones has been Principal Timpanist of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra since 2011. Prior to his appointment, he served as Principal Timpanist with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

Jones has been a Guest Principal Timpanist and/or Percussionist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Houston Symphony, the Seoul Philharmonic, the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival Orchestra and the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra.

He has premiered timpani concerti with the Dallas Symphony, the Detroit Symphony, and the Boulder Philharmonic. Jones has collaborated in chamber music performances on drum set and traditional orchestral percussion with winners of Grammy, Oscar, Emmy, Tony, and Cleo awards.

Jones currently serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor at Southern Methodist University. Previously, he was Adjunct Associate Professor of Percussion at The University of Michigan for ten years, teaching two sections of Orchestral Repertoire as well as maintaining a private studio. His former students currently occupy positions in leading orchestras and universities around the world. He was a featured clinician at the 2004 and 2016 Percussive Arts Society International Conventions and has given presentations worldwide in the United States, Korea, and Japan.

As an undergraduate at the University of North Texas, Jones was a member of the GRAMMY®-nominated University of North Texas One O’Clock Lab Band on both drum set and bass trombone in consecutive semesters, and a Jack DeJohnette drum set solo he transcribed was published internationally by the Percussive Arts Society. After earning his Master’s degree as a full fellowship student and garnering a Performer’s Certificate at Indiana University, Jones completed his schooling with a Professional Studies degree at Temple University under the tutelage of Alan Abel.